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QUINN, James Philip
(Service number 80111)

Aliases	Known as Philip, Phil
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	04/06/1894	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	13 October 1917	Age	23 years 4 months
Address at Enlistment	Hunter Road, Makikihi, Canterbury
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience	Territorials (2nd Regiment) - still serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William QUINN (father), Hunter Road, Makikihi, Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 4½ inches. Weight 126 lbs. Chest measurement 30½-33⅓ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Indigestion at times. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Class A.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	43rd Reinforcements F Company
Date	17 August 1918
Transport	Ruahine
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	London, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	British War Medal
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	21 October 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Labourer

Death

Date	30 March 1979	Age
Place of Death	Nazareth House, Christchurch
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 31 March 1979
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 94, Plot 60
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 October 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5550 0095419) [28 September 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [27 October 2013]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [October 2013]; Timaru Cemetery burial records & headstone images (Timaru District Council) [09 April 2014; 29 June 2023]; Timaru Herald, 29 December 1943 (Timaru District Library) [22 April 2014]; Press 11 March 1914, 2 October 1917, Waimate Daily Advertiser, 11 March 1914, 27 February 1918, 15 August 1924, Timaru Herald, 2 October 1917, 8 November 1917, 1 & 27 February 1918, 18 May 1918, 5 & 13 August 1925, 5 May 1928, 7 & 8 August 1929, 29 April 1932, 16 February 1935, Star, 26 August 1919, NZ Times, 27 August 1919 (Papers Past) [19 April 2014; 10 November 2014; 28 September 2016; July 2021; 22 October 2021; 24, 25 & 26 June 2023]; Baptism record (Christchurch Catholic Diocese Baptisms Index CD held by South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [02 October 2016]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au)

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