Thomas Arthur QUINN

QUINN, Thomas Arthur

Service Number: NX57104
Enlisted: 10 July 1940, Enlisted at Paddington, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: General Hospitals - WW2
Born: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 13 September 1913
Home Town: Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Canvas Worker
Died: Illness-Malaria, Burma, 26 September 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
Plot A15, Row F, Grave 11 Headstone inscription reads: His duty nobly done...ever remembered rest in peace Roll of Honour - Petersham, NSW, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX57104
10 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, NX57104, Enlisted at Paddington, NSW
10 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX57104, General Hospitals - WW2
10 Apr 1942: Imprisoned Reported missing and later confirmed as Prisoner of War in Malaya

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Patrick and Aimee Lurline Quinn of Petersham, NSW

Prior to enlisting he  was employed by Enfield Tarpaulin Factory, Enfield, NSW and at one point worked with the railways