Leslie Eric QUINN

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QUINN, Leslie Eric

Service Number:	1073
Enlisted:	30 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Wagga Wagga Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

30 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1073, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
9 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1073, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 1073, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
10 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From Light Trench Mortar Batteries
14 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1073, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the back
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1073, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was Hargrave Street, Paddington, NSW

Served a five year apprenticeship will Elliot Basshaw of Sydney.

Son of John Quinn and Mary Quinn of Young Street, Redfern, NSW. Later change to his wife Delia Quinn nee Cather of Young Street, Redfern, NSW. Leslie and Delia married during 1916c in Sydney.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarked on 12 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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