QUIN, Willie Adair
| Service Number: | 20 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Division Headquarters |
| Born: | Thargomindah, Queensland, Australia, 7 April 1885 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 3 December 1942, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Manly General Cemetery, NSW Catholic area, Row R, Grave 430 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 20, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 20, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 1 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Division Headquarters, From 36th Battalion | |
| 4 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Division Headquarters | |
| 25 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 20, 3rd Division Headquarters, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
True name stated to be William Adair Quin
Son of Chirstopher Adair Quin and Mary Theresa Quin nee Armstrong of Stuart Street, Manly, NSW.
Member of the Manly Rifle club
7 November 1918 - Awarded Meritorius Serveice Medal for:- For consistent and energetic devotion to duty for the period from 22nd September 1917, until 24th February, 1918. As a N.C.O. of the Unit attached to Divisional Headquarters for the Anti-Gas Training of the Division, he has shown marked ability and enthusiasm, and has, at all times, carried out his duties to the entire satisfaction of his senior Officers. On 24th September, 1917, when carrying out a Gas Demonstration the bursting of a bomb in his hand, owing to a defective fuse, caused him a painful injury, but he continued throwing with his uninjured hand in order that the demonstration might not be interrupted. His self-sacrifice and disregard of personal comfort actuated by his keenness in his work of recognition
London Gazette on 17 June 1918, page 7179, position 119
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 7 November 1918, page 2114, position 213
Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 10 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Willie married Isabel L. O'Leary in Singleton, NSW.