QUINN, George Raphael
| Service Number: | 4754 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glanville, South Australia, 19 October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Cheltenham, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Marist Brothers School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 26 August 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France I A 2 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Men of "The Marist Brothers Old Scholars Association" Honor Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4754, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4754, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4754, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Son of John and Catherine M B QUINN
"LATE PTE. G. R. QUINN.
News has been received that Pte. G. R. Quinn died in France of wounds received in action on August 28. He left for the front on April 11 last, and remained in England until a month before he was killed. He was a native of Port Adelaide, and was 18 years of age. A week before his death be met his elder brother, Jack, who left Australia two years ago with the first draft of the A.I.F." - from the Adelaide Observer 14 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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