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Michael Joseph QUINN

Regimental number1221
Place of birthEllerston New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Quinn, Park Street, Scone, New South Wales
Enlistment date12 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 2 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 October 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name given as Michael John Quinn on Nominal Roll.
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 22), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Timothy and Ellen QUINN, Scone, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2928 Sergeant Timothy James QUINN, 4th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 May 1919; 1220 Pte Dennis QUINN, 34th Bn, returned to Australia, 10 January 1918; 2929 Pte William Vincent QUINN, 34th Bn, returned to Australia, 31 January 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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