Studio portrait of 3975 Private Leslie Quinn, 3rd Battalion of Auburn, NSW, brother of 1997 Pte ...

Accession Number P08624.104
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Cumberland
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1920
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 3975 Private Leslie Quinn, 3rd Battalion of Auburn, NSW, brother of 1997 Pte Cecil Ross Quinn, (killed in action on 3 August 1916, see P08624.103). A cellarman prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Medic (A7) on 30 December 1915. He was killed in action on 29 June 1916 at the Somme, France, aged 28. He is buried in the Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France.