Menu : Lieutenant P K B Quinn, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force

Menu from the Rabaul Garrison Officer's mess for 10 October 1914. The paper is from captured German stores and is printed with lettering and motifs of the wine trade. In the top left corner is an anchor over a half wreath of vine leaves. A pair of hammers are crossed over the middle of the anchor. At the top of the anchor is written 'SCHULTZ - MARKE'. Surrounding the design is a circular pattern is printed 'HARZER WEINBRUNNEN GOSLAR'.

At the top of the menu is printed 'SPEISENFOLGE' in large black print. This translates as 'Dine sequence'. At the bottom of the menu is
printed 'VORNEHMSTES / TAFELWASSER DES HARZES' with an alternating series of vine leaves and bunches of grapes on either side of the lettering. The translation of the writing reads 'Noblest bottled water of the Harzes'.

Above the left leaf and grape design is printed a green glass water bottle with a metal cap and label describing it being bottled water from the Harzer springs in Germany.

Typed under the printed heading on the menu is 'RABAUL GARRISON. / OFFICER'S MESS. / 10/10/14. / SOUP. / POTAGE MACEDONIAN. / ENTREES. / CUCUMBER SAVOURY / CHICKEN PATTIES. / JOINT. / PRIME ROAST BEEF. / VEGETABLES. / BAKED AND BOILED POTATOES. / NEW GUINEA MARROW. / SWEETS. / MACEDONIAN JELLY. / TEA. / JAVA COFFEE. / FRUIT.'

Dinner menu from the Rabaul Garrison Officer's Mess collected by Lieutenant Patrick Kendall Barton Quinn on 10 October 1914 at Rabaul, New Britain. Quinn was born on 10 May 1884 in Emmaville, New South Wales. Before the outbreak of the First World War he was working for Lysaght Galvanised Iron Pty Ltd and was serving in the militia with 18 Battalion.

In August 1914 he joined the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) and was commissioned as a second lieutenant with the 1st (Tropical ) Battalion. He sailed with the ANMEF on 19 August and after a brief stop for further training at Palm Island, was involved in the landings against German troops in New Britain.

After the German forces surrendered in September, Quinn remained as a part of the Rabaul garrison and was promoted to lieutenant on 1 January 1915. He returned to Australia at the end of February and was discharged in early May.

Quinn then joined the staff of the Quartermaster General, serving is several locations, before transferring to 28 Machine Gun Depot in Seymour, Victoria as an instructor. He enlisted for service in the AIF as a private on 24 November 1916.

He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT A29 Suevic with reinforcements for the 5th Machine Gun Company. He disembarked at Liverpool, England on 23 August and marched in to the 5th Training Battalion. On 8 January 1918, Quinn embarked for service in France and was posted to the 35th Battalion who were resting around Meteren.

Quinn went into action with the 35th Battalion at the end of March when they went into the line at Cachy and took part in the attack on Hangard Wood. He also took part in the defence of Villers-Bretonneux several days later. The battalion suffered heavy casualties during this time and on 12 April Quinn was promoted to lance corporal.

Quinn was promoted to corporal on 10 July and took part in the Australian offensive which began on 8 August. On 20 October, he was promoted to sergeant and sent to England for an Infantry Officers course, arriving at the 13th Officer Cadet Battalion on 8 November. Three days later the war ended.

He successfully completed the course and on 6 January 1919 was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He was posted to the 9th Training Battalion. On 6 April he was promoted to lieutenant before going on extended leave ten days later.

On 30 September he returned from leave and a month later, embarked for Australia on HMAT A71 Nestor. Quinn was discharged from the AIF on 16 May 1920.