QUINN, Victor William
| Service Number: | 3900 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Trafalgar, Victoria, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Lavers Hill, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3900, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3900, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3900, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 7th Battalion to the 59th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 59th Battalion to the 58th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 15 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 3900, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3900 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-15 |
Victor Quinn
Victor Quinn's enlisted at Wyelangta near beech Forest Victoria. His biological father was George BASSE and mother Maria BASSE. Maria BASSE remarried Patrick QUINN.
Victors older brother George BASSE served with the 5th light horse and served at Gallipoli where he was wounded in July and subsequently returned to Australia.
Victor QUINNs records stated he was killed at Fromelles on 15 July 1915. I believe this is incorrect as there is a red cross document from PTE John TROY who served in the same battalion (58th) stating he saw QUINN and a PTE Michael Frederick Maloney dead after the charge on Wed 19 July. Troy knew QUINN as they both came from Wyelangta and were related by marriage (Uncle/nephew).
Submitted 19 May 2017 by John Digby
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Patrick and L Quinn of Lavers Hill, near Colac, Vic later of Hal Street, Innisfail, QLD
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal