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QUINN, Trevor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2427 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 November 1915, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Apslawn, Tasmania, Australia, 11 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | St Marys , Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School, Apslarn, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Broncho Pneumonia, 20th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, 18 April 1919, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Charleroi Communal Cemetery Row M, Grave 1. Headstone inscription reads: The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken away blessed be his name |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bicheno HB - All Saints Roll of Honour, Swansea All Saints Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Swansea Glamorgan WW1 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2427, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2427, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 2427, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2427, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Remained on duty | |
| 24 Mar 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Graves Service | |
| 18 Apr 1919: | Involvement Driver, 2427, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2427 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1919-04-18 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Hugh Quinn and Mary Ann Quinn nee Bellett of Apslawn formerly of Swansea.
Brother of James Levi Quinn who was killed in action on 13 June 1918 while serving with the 40th Battalion and is buried in the Assevillers New British Cemetery. Plot 1X, Row B, Grave 1; George Herbert Quinn who returned to Australia on 20 February 1919 having served with the 10th Light Trench Mortar.
Next of kin given as his aunt Clara Quinn of St. Marys, Tasmania
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal were issued to his oldest brother Alfred Louis Quinn of Cranbrook, Tasmania