Regimental number | 292 |
Place of birth | Bundaberg, Queensland |
School | Bundaberg Catholic School |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Draper |
Address | Barolin Street, Bundaberg, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Next of kin | Sister, Miss Rose Florence Quinn, Barolin Street, Bundaberg, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Machine Gun Company 12, Reinforcement 3 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 24/17/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th Machine Gun Company |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "Left Australia 1 May 1916 with 3/12 Machine Gun Company; 3 months in Egypt. Left Granthem (England) Machine Gun Depot December 1916, depth winter; wounded at Guedecourt near Albert by H.E shell, with three others and Lt. Hartley (Rockhampton, Queensland) under whom they were proceeding as gun team to front line. Lt. Hartley died at Abbeville; Pte Quinn taken to Anzac Corps Dressing Station - legs badly shattered; died and buried in local military cemetery; awful weather, trenches full mud and water. Heavy casualties." Details from Rose Florence Quinn (sister) Barolin Street, Bundaberg, Queensland |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Guedecourt, near Bapaume, France |
Age at death | 30 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Dartmoor Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 7), Becordel-Becourt, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 179 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Margaret QUINN |
Place of burial | Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France. Plot 1, Row F, Grave No. 7 |