| Notes: | Provost Officer. Formerly Scots Guards. General List East African Corps of Military Police. 27/4/1944, Kurunegala, Ceylon. Signal from East African Base Admin HQ reporting dangerous wounding of Lieut Quin 19 East African L of C Pro Section at Kurunegala at 21.00hrs night of 26 April. CSM Kynaston and Sgt Sheard both wounded the former dangerously. 30/4/1944 10.05 hrs. Telephone message from SC East African Base Admin HQ that Lieut Quin had died this morning. 11.40hrs APM leaves with 2 Pro Sections to Kandy to attend funeral of Lieut Quin at 15.00hrs. War Diary APM 11 (East African) Division WO 172/6497. He was born in Glasgow and resided in Edinburgh.
Casualty List (Officers) 1434, Ceylon, Dangerously Ill, 26/3/1944. Casualty List (Officers), 1436, Ceylon, Previously reported dangerously ill 26/4/1944 now reported died, Casualty List (Officers) 1450, Ceylon, Should read casualty died as a result of an accident. Serving with EACMP, 20/4/1944.
George Quinn.
George Quinn. |
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