Denis Ambrose QUINLAN

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Service Number:	4870
Enlisted:	5 November 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Caniambo, Victoria, Australia, 1875
Home Town:	Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling:	Caniambo West State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Stud Groom
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

5 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4870, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4870, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4870, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
24 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 8th Battalion

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- Commonwealth Bank, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria

Son of Timothy Quinlan and Mary Quinlan nee Anglin of Caniambo, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his brother James Thomas Quinlan of Arcadia Post Office, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to another brother Patrick Quinlan of Kialla East, Victoria