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QUINN, William James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 7358 |
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Enlisted: | 4 April 1916, Enlisted at Burra, SA |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 1st Army Troops Company Engineers |
Born: | Kooringa, South Australia, 12 April 1980 |
Home Town: | Eudunda, Goyder, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Blythe, South Australia, 7 August 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Yacka Cemetery, South Australia |
Memorials: | Burra District WW1 Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
4 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 7358, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Burra, SA | |
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4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 7358, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
4 Aug 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 7358, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
7 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 7358 | |
17 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 7358, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Michael Quinn and Catherine Quinn nee Kellick of World's End, Eudunda, SA.
Commenced return to Australia 22 May 1919 aboard HT Durham disembarking on 16 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
At the the time of his death William's residential address was given as Yacka, SA