Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ba da izini na biyu a ranar 9 ga Janairu, 1904, Quinan ya shiga rundunar sojojin Indiya (27th Punjabis) a ranar 25 ga Maris, 1905. An ba shi mukamin Laftanar a ranar 9 ga Afrilu na shekara mai zuwa. Kafin Yaƙin Duniya na Farko, ya ga aiki mai aiki a kan Arewa maso Yammacin Harsunan Daular Indiya ta Biritaniya kuma an daukaka shi kyaftin a ranar 9 ga Janairu 1913. A lokacin yakin ya yi yaƙi a Faransa da Mesopotamiya, kuma an nada shi babban jami'in soja a ranar 7 ga Maris, 1915. Ya yi aiki a yaƙe-yaƙe na Neuve Chapelle, Loos da kuma ƙoƙarin sauƙaƙe
Kut al Amara; an ji masa rauni a Beit Aisa. An nada shi GSO na 3rd Grade a ranar 10 ga Mayu 1917, an ba shi izinin zama Manjo a ranar 1 ga Janairu 1918 kuma ya ci gaba da zama Manjo a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba.