Douglas Greer QUINN MID

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Service Number:	4192
Enlisted:	6 December 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Mile End, South Australia, 12 August 1896
Home Town:	Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Agriculture College, Roseworthy, South Australia
Occupation:	Student
Died:	South Australia, 15 June 1975, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated on 19 June 1975.
Memorials:	Roseworthy Agricultural College Roll of Honour

6 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4192, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4192, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4192, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide
16 Mar 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 11 July 1919, page 8833, position 120 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 October 1919. page 1660, position 26
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4192, 27th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right arm
16 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 27th Battalion
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 4192
28 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4192, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of George Quinn and Alethea Rose Quinn nee Clark of Rankine Road, Mile End, SA.

He attended Thebarton School unitl 1909c, Hindmarsh High School between 1910-1912, Muirden College, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Ypiringa disembarking on 2 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

At the time of his death he was a grazier at Kybybolite, SA