Collection relating to 7301 Private Patrick Francis Quinn

Accession Number AWM2019.398.114.1
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made November 1916 - January 1917
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 7301 Private (Pte) Patrick Francis Quinn, 24th Reinforcements of the 15th Battalion. A miner of Cairns, Queensland, prior to enlistment, he embarked from Sydney on 24 January 1917. Pte Quinn was killed in action at Messines on 16 August 1917. He was 33 years old.
Caption: "Patrick Francis Quinn Killed in action 16th August 1917, enlisted at Cairns October 1916, sailed to Brisbane 31st December 1916, left Brisbane for England 23rd January 1917."