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QUINN, Ernest
(Service number 7/1129)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	04/04/1888	Place of Birth	Hanson South, Greta, Victoria, Australia

Enlistment Information

Date	17 February 1915	Age	26 yrs 8 mths
Address at Enlistment	Care of William John Clark, Levels, Timaru, New Zealand
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Patrick QUINN (father), Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 147 lbs. Chest 34-37 inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes brown. Hair black. Sight and hearing good. Colour vision correct. Chest and limbs well formed. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth fair. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, Haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily and mental health.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	5th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	13 June 1915
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	C Squadronm 5th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	14 February 1918	Reason	Medically unfit

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Station hand

Death

Date	25 September 1948	Age	60 yrs
Place of Death	Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Patrick & Margaret (nee QUINN) QUINN. Returned to New Zealand per "Willochra" 10 August 1918(?); medically unfit. No record of a Will made while in the Army.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [16 October 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5550 0095409) [11 April 2014]; New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files (ancestry.com.au) [12 April 2014]

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