Charles QUINN

QUINN, Charles

    Service Number: 481
    Enlisted: 18 September 1914, Enlisted at Bundaberg, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria
    Schooling: Christian Brothers, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Bootmaker
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Panel 49
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 481, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bundaberg, QLD
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 481, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 481, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    18 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 481, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the arm and back.
    8 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 481, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 481 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-08

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Hugh Quinn and Elizabeth Quinn of Clarke Street, Northcote, Victoria formerly of Adelaide, SA. Following the death of his parents the next of kin was changed to his sister E.M. Cope of Chatsworth Road, East Prahran, Victoria. 

    Prior to enlisting he had been a prominent member of the Abbotsford Swimming Club.

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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