LEST WE FORGET
Corporal John Harold QUINLAN
Service No: 14098
Born: Bungendore NSW, 25 January 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 March 1940
Discharged from the RAAF: 6 June 1942
Unit at Discharge: No. 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Richmond NSW
Died: Illness, NSW, 30 January 1947, Aged 36 Years
Cremated: Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Daniel and Bridget Quinlan; husband of Sheila Mary Quinlan, of Epping
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 6 June 1942, Corporal Quinlan, a Carpenter Motor Body Builder, was discharged from the RAAF medically unfit for further service and he died from Tuberculosis on 30 January 1947.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 14098
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line