James Erkinwald QUINLAN

QUINLAN, James Erkinwald

Service Number: 2315
Enlisted: 10 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born: Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, New South Wales, Australia
Section M2, Row 16, Grave 1358
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World War 1 Service

10 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2315, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 May 1916: Involvement Private, 2315, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: ''
2 May 1916: Embarked Private, 2315, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Uganda, Melbourne
15 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
19 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 2315, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron , Wound to the left arm
27 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2315, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Quinlan and Bridget Quinlan nee Conway of Shutor Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria formerly of Swan Hill, Victoria. 

Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1919 aboard HT Oxfordshire disembarking on 13 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal