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QUINN, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 368 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 12th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 12 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , September 1983, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Interred on 13 September 1983. |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Men and Women of Ipswich WW1 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 368, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 368, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 368, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 22 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 23 Dec 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, For gallantry in maintaining signalling communications under fire at Semarkh while he was with his troop on detached duty London Gazette on 3 July 1919, page 8357, position 82 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 October 1919, page 1530, position 20 | |
| 28 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 368, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Patrick Quinn and Johanna Quinn nee Portley of Brisbane Street, Ipswich, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 20 July 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 28 August 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal