William QUINN

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Service Number:	32
Enlisted:	24 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Hanley, Staffordshire, England, 1889
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter
Died:	McCrae, Victoria, Australia, September 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated 19 September 1957 and ashes were scattered at the cemetery
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24 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 32, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 32, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 32, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
6 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Signal Company, From 1st Field Artillery Brigade
22 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 32, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William Quinn and Margaret Quinn of Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Next of kin given as Jessie Dawson, Nicholson Street, Tempe, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 November 1918 aboard HT Durham disembarking on 23 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

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

In June 1934 he was residing in Norford Road, Kooyong