QUIN, William Matthew Simpson
Service Number: | 2036 |
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Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Enlisted at Portville, Tasmania. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 |
Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, 1880 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Ironmonger's Assistant |
Died: | General Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 3 September 1936, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Church of England area, L1, Grave 220. Interred on 4 September 1936 |
Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 2036, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Portville, Tasmania. | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 2036, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 2036, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
2 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 2036, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Wound to the left knee and head. Embarked HS Salla on 3 September 1915 | |
15 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 2036, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Second occasion. Wounds to the left arm and left thigh. Invalided to England on 20 November 1917 | |
13 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, At Southall, England | |
9 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2036, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit |
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Address at the time of enlistment was Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania.
Next of kin given as Leonard Aspinell of Letitia Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Husband of Edie M. Quin of Glencairn, Joppa, Scotland
Commenced return to Australia on 15 November1919 aboard HT Ypringa disembarking 4 January 1920 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal