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QUINLAN, John Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 246 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Camperdown, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Platelayer |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 10 April 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Keilor Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 246, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 246, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 246, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 246, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 246, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 24 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps | |
| 21 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 246, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to issues with the left knee |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Irene Quinlan of Abbotsford street, Melbourne, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia 23 May 1917 aboard HT Ayrshire on 20 July 1917