Percival Thomas QUINN

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Service Number:	2204
Enlisted:	26 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woodside, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Ringwood, Maroondah, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Hollywood, Perth, Western Australia, 12 July 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Wall A, Niche 0011. Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

26 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2204, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2204, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2204, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Katuna, Melbourne
5 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion
12 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Battalion
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 65th Infantry Battalion, From 8th Battalion
18 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion
23 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2204, 8th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
18 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2204, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Patrick Quinn and Marion Louisa Quinn nee Gasson of Woodside, Victoria later of Lilydale Road, Ringwood, Victoria.

Husband of Edith Quinn nee Pedley of C/- Mrs E Thompson of Lilydale Road, Ringwood, Victoria. Percival and Edith married during 1916c in Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 27 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal