Private, Australian Machine Gun Corps. Age: 30.
Lawrence Quinn was born in 1887 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, and was the son of Henry and Margaret Quinn. He had a brother, Harry Quinn and a sister, Rose Florence Quinn and all lived in Barolin Street, Bundaberg. Lawrence was educated at Bundaberg Catholic School and before the outbreak of the war he worked in Bundaberg as a draper assistant.
He enlisted on February 1, 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland, in the 12th Machine Gun Company of the Australian Machine Gun Corps, Reinforcement 3, and embarked with his unit from Brisbane, on board HMAT A46 Clan Mcgillivray on May 1, 1916 and sailed for Egypt where he served for three months before being sent to England to receive intensive training at the Belton Park Military Camp in Grantham,Lincolnshire,England.
On October 3rd 1916, Lawrence left Grantham and embarked with his unit from Folkestone, on board SS Princess Henrietta for France where he was disembarked the same day in Boulogne. A month later, on November 2nd 1916 he was sent to the front on the Somme & fought at Flers and Gueudecourt.
Two months later, at Gueudecourt, on the Somme, Lawrence was injured. On January 7th 1917, while he was in the front line at Gueudecourt alongside his commanding officer, Second Lieutenant John William Murray Hartley, a highly explosive German shell fell on their position. The shell seriously injured Lawrence, John and three other men. The Battalion's war diary, that day states "Awful weather, trenches full of mud and water, heavy casualties".
With his legs broken, Lawrence was evacuated to the 1st Anzac Main Dressing Station at Bécordel-Bécourt, Somme, but sadly, he died the next day, on January 8, 1917. He was 30 years old.
(Info courtesy of my friend François Berthout)
Lawrence Quinn was born in 1887 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, and was the son of Henry and Margaret Quinn. He had a brother, Harry Quinn and a sister, Rose Florence Quinn and all lived in Barolin Street, Bundaberg. Lawrence was educated at Bundaberg Catholic School and before the outbreak of the war he worked in Bundaberg as a draper assistant.
He enlisted on February 1, 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland, in the 12th Machine Gun Company of the Australian Machine Gun Corps, Reinforcement 3, and embarked with his unit from Brisbane, on board HMAT A46 Clan Mcgillivray on May 1, 1916 and sailed for Egypt where he served for three months before being sent to England to receive intensive training at the Belton Park Military Camp in Grantham,Lincolnshire,England.
On October 3rd 1916, Lawrence left Grantham and embarked with his unit from Folkestone, on board SS Princess Henrietta for France where he was disembarked the same day in Boulogne. A month later, on November 2nd 1916 he was sent to the front on the Somme & fought at Flers and Gueudecourt.
Two months later, at Gueudecourt, on the Somme, Lawrence was injured. On January 7th 1917, while he was in the front line at Gueudecourt alongside his commanding officer, Second Lieutenant John William Murray Hartley, a highly explosive German shell fell on their position. The shell seriously injured Lawrence, John and three other men. The Battalion's war diary, that day states "Awful weather, trenches full of mud and water, heavy casualties".
With his legs broken, Lawrence was evacuated to the 1st Anzac Main Dressing Station at Bécordel-Bécourt, Somme, but sadly, he died the next day, on January 8, 1917. He was 30 years old.
(Info courtesy of my friend François Berthout)
Private, Australian Machine Gun Corps. Age: 30.
Lawrence Quinn was born in 1887 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, and was the son of Henry and Margaret Quinn. He had a brother, Harry Quinn and a sister, Rose Florence Quinn and all lived in Barolin Street, Bundaberg. Lawrence was educated at Bundaberg Catholic School and before the outbreak of the war he worked in Bundaberg as a draper assistant.
He enlisted on February 1, 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland, in the 12th Machine Gun Company of the Australian Machine Gun Corps, Reinforcement 3, and embarked with his unit from Brisbane, on board HMAT A46 Clan Mcgillivray on May 1, 1916 and sailed for Egypt where he served for three months before being sent to England to receive intensive training at the Belton Park Military Camp in Grantham,Lincolnshire,England.
On October 3rd 1916, Lawrence left Grantham and embarked with his unit from Folkestone, on board SS Princess Henrietta for France where he was disembarked the same day in Boulogne. A month later, on November 2nd 1916 he was sent to the front on the Somme & fought at Flers and Gueudecourt.
Two months later, at Gueudecourt, on the Somme, Lawrence was injured. On January 7th 1917, while he was in the front line at Gueudecourt alongside his commanding officer, Second Lieutenant John William Murray Hartley, a highly explosive German shell fell on their position. The shell seriously injured Lawrence, John and three other men. The Battalion's war diary, that day states "Awful weather, trenches full of mud and water, heavy casualties".
With his legs broken, Lawrence was evacuated to the 1st Anzac Main Dressing Station at Bécordel-Bécourt, Somme, but sadly, he died the next day, on January 8, 1917. He was 30 years old.
(Info courtesy of my friend François Berthout)
Lawrence Quinn was born in 1887 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, and was the son of Henry and Margaret Quinn. He had a brother, Harry Quinn and a sister, Rose Florence Quinn and all lived in Barolin Street, Bundaberg. Lawrence was educated at Bundaberg Catholic School and before the outbreak of the war he worked in Bundaberg as a draper assistant.
He enlisted on February 1, 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland, in the 12th Machine Gun Company of the Australian Machine Gun Corps, Reinforcement 3, and embarked with his unit from Brisbane, on board HMAT A46 Clan Mcgillivray on May 1, 1916 and sailed for Egypt where he served for three months before being sent to England to receive intensive training at the Belton Park Military Camp in Grantham,Lincolnshire,England.
On October 3rd 1916, Lawrence left Grantham and embarked with his unit from Folkestone, on board SS Princess Henrietta for France where he was disembarked the same day in Boulogne. A month later, on November 2nd 1916 he was sent to the front on the Somme & fought at Flers and Gueudecourt.
Two months later, at Gueudecourt, on the Somme, Lawrence was injured. On January 7th 1917, while he was in the front line at Gueudecourt alongside his commanding officer, Second Lieutenant John William Murray Hartley, a highly explosive German shell fell on their position. The shell seriously injured Lawrence, John and three other men. The Battalion's war diary, that day states "Awful weather, trenches full of mud and water, heavy casualties".
With his legs broken, Lawrence was evacuated to the 1st Anzac Main Dressing Station at Bécordel-Bécourt, Somme, but sadly, he died the next day, on January 8, 1917. He was 30 years old.
(Info courtesy of my friend François Berthout)
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