George Francis QUINLAN

QUINLAN, George Francis

Service Number: 8465
Enlisted: 7 September 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 20th Army Service Corps
Born: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Printer
Died: St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8465, 20th Army Service Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
27 Nov 1915: Involvement Driver, 8465, 20th Army Service Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: ''
27 Nov 1915: Embarked Driver, 8465, 20th Army Service Corps, HMAT Uganda, Sydney
1 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8465, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

Tales of my Great Grandfather by Brendan Ian Quinlan

i never personally met because he died before my life time. My pop would always tell me stories of him which came to the point where he sounded like a hero. In essence he became a legend of what a true Quinlan is "true to the end". During his time in the First World War he served in the light horse and fought in Gallipoli and the Some. My Pop told me he was a carriage driver, in Egypt he had two horses. There's a story that my pop told of how when he was in Paris trying to get civilians out of the city, the carriage came under sniper fire and he single handing jumped out and got his mate to drive while he grabbed the elderly civilians and children. That made me believe he was truely a hero. He did every now and again have his moments like when he got discharged because he swore at an officer for not liking an order. He did many great things and heroic times. When the war was over they had to wait at camp in England until they could arrive back in Australia. He left with a few of his mates, got in contact with a woman in London in order to get some civilian cloths, and took to the rail roads travelling around England, Scotland and Ireland, as well as avoiding th authorities and when the ship came they returned and came back to Australia.
George also had some involvement in WW2 as well but was injured in Europe during a battle and was sent home and made an officer who was incharge of Air raid watch in the community.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Henry Quinlan and Catherine Quinlan of Kalgoorlie Street, Leichhardt, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 23 June 1919 aboard HT Orita disembarking on 9 August 1919

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

During 1923c George married Daisy V.M. Jenkins in Glebe, NSW