James Bernard QUINN

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Service Number:	1959
Enlisted:	11 June 1915, Enlisted at Boolarra, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 1876
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, March 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic, Compartment B, Section 16, Grave 30. Interred on 15 March 1944
Memorials:

11 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1959, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Boolarra, Victoria
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1959, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1959, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
11 Jun 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1959, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to alcoholic weak-mindedness

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Next of kin given as his sister R. Nugent of Stead Street, South Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on 11 April 1916 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 15 May 1916

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal