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QUIN, Douglas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3765 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1917, Enlisted at Hawthorn, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 May 1899 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 28 January 1930, aged 30 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria P, NS, Grave 0538. Interred on 29 January 1919. Commemorated in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3765, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hawthorn, Victoria | |
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| 17 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion, Later reverted to Private when taken on strength | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Involvement Private, 3765, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Embarked Private, 3765, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3765, 57th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the right hand and tibia. Invalided to England | |
| 19 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3765, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas James Quin and Ellen Quin nee MacQueen of Moore Street, Grace Park, Hawthorn, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia 20 December 1918 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 30 January 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Douglas married Grace Alice Goodwin in Victoria.