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QUIN, Charles Joseph

Subjects

  • WW1
Author: 
Sylvia Black
WW1 Roll of Honour: 
Roll of Honour
Family name: 
QUIN
Given names: 
Charles Joseph
Gender: 
Male
Religion: 
Roman Catholic
Date of birth: 
1 January 1885
Place of birth: 
Birth Cobden, Victoria
, Australia
38° 19' 48.5436" S, 143° 2' 9.0852" E
East Melbourne addresses
Year: 
1916
1916
537 [now part of 68-78] Victoria Parade
, East Melbourne, Victoria
, Australia
37° 48' 30.8664" S, 144° 58' 26.1624" E
Military service: 
WW1
Regimental number: 
5439
Rank: 
Pte
Military units: 
14th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
59th Battalion
Military casualty: 
Killed in action
Date of death: 
1916
Place of death: 
Death Villers-Bretonneux
, France
49° 52' 5.394" N, 2° 31' 4.4256" E
Biographical notes: 

Joseph Charles Quin was born in Cobden, Victoria c March 1885.  He was the son of John and Sarah Quin. On enlistment on 12 February 1916 he gave his occupation as labourer.  He had been employed for the previous three years by Bennie, Teare and Co., suppliers of oil engines which had a wide variety of applications in the agricultural industry.   He nominated his mother as his next of kin, his father being dead.  He was appointed to the 14th Battalion, 17th Reinforcements.
He embarked for Egypt on 4 April 1916 aboard HMAT Euripides when he gave his address as 537 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, then five houses east of Nicholson Street.  He sailed from Alexandria 6 August 1916 arriving in England on 28 August.  He then proceeded to France on 30 September 1916.  He was transferred from the 14th Battalion to the 59th on 27 November 1916.  He was killed in action on 14 December 1916, less than a month later.  He left a small amount of savings and no will.  An accountant applied on his mother’s behalf to have the money paid to her saying that ‘he was acting in this matter simply to help the mother, who is illiterate, and it is not a business transaction.’  She was granted a pension of £2 per fortnight.
Charles’ name is inscribed on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France

References: 
NAA name search
The Argus, 8 Sept 1927, p.1, In Memoriam notice for Sarah Quin
Koroit Sentinel and Tower Hill Advocate, 6 Jan 1917, p.2. Death of C J Quin
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