Soldier profiles
Name : QUINN, ALAN JOHN
Service Number : VX23282
Date of Birth : 04/07/1911
Place of Birth : SOUTH KENSINGTON, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : GARDENVALE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : QUINN, J
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : C COMPANY (AUSTRALIA), C COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 23/11/1945
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : INDO/CHINA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0071 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6226587 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, M_MONAGHAN_1.jpg, M_MONAGHAN_2.jpg, Past article (size 225kB), Past article (size 598kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Chieftain.
