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QUINLAN, Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 884 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Hereford, England, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Cerebral Thormbosis, Queensland, Australia, 23 October 1951 |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZAC 8, Row 5, Grave 23 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 884, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 884, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 884, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
| 2 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 884, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the right buttock | |
| 21 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 884, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Herbert Walker Quinlan and Frances Quinlan of Herfeford, England.
Next of kin given as his brother William E. Quinlan of Stackpole, Bristol, England.
Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 9 October 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Awarded the Serbian Silver Obilich Medal for Bravery. London Gazette on 15 February 1917 , page 1614, position 2. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on
25 July 1917, page 1543, position 59.