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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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