John Joseph QUINN

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Service Number:	3897
Enlisted:	29 June 1917, Enlisted at Port Pirie, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wagin, Western Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	29 March 1982, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Garden of Remembrance, Row 25, Grave 0257
Memorials:

29 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3897, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Port Pirie, SA
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3897, 8th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 3897, 8th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
2 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, From 5th Pioneer Battalion
1 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, In France
3 May 1918:	Imprisoned Reported prisoner of war and in German hands while slightly wounded to the right forearm. Arrived back in England on 1 January 1919
15 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3897, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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At the time of enlistment he was residing in Port Pirie, SA.

Son of Owen Stephen Quinn and Isabella Mary Celia Quinn nee Barron Wagin, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 27 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c John married Maud Leivers