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QUINN, Thomas Arthur
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX57104 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX57104 | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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