Martin Joseph QUINLAN

QUINLAN, Martin Joseph

    Service Number: 4815
    Enlisted: 18 January 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Furnaceman
    Died: Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 16 October 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
    Roman Catholic area, Section FF, Row 4
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4815, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    13 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 4815, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    13 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 4815, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
    9 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, In France from the 17th Battalion
    31 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4815, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left thigh. Transferred to England on 8 April 1917 aboard HS Jan Breydelat
    1 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4815, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed.
    7 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4815, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Myles Quinlan and Anne Quinlan of 'Kyogle', Chandos Street, North Sydney, NSW. Brother of Myles Quinlan who returned to Australia on 31 January 1919 having served with the 56th Battalion

    Commenced return to Australia on 8 July 1919 aboard HT Friedrichsuhr disembarking on 4 September 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Husband of P.C. Quinlan of  Cooperville Ranger's Road, Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW

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