Edward Ernest (Teddy) QUINLAN

QUINLAN, Edward Ernest

Service Number: 425216
Enlisted: 15 March 1941
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 454 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Brisbane, Qld., 15 April 1915
Home Town: Rosalie Plains, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: Brisbane Boy's School
Occupation: Solicitor
Died: Flying Battle, Aegean Sea, 1 June 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Edward Ernest and Jane Edith Quinlan; husband of Hazel Quinlan, of Rosalie, Queensland

Teddy was with the Brisbane Boy's School for eight years 1924-1931 abd was a practising solicotr with his father before he joined up with the R.A.A.F. and in July last was reported as Missing in the Middle East.  He was on a reconnanissance flight, and there are many chances that he is safe somewhere in those island studded seas.