Thomas Joseph QUIGLEY

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QUIGLEY, Thomas Joseph

Service Number:	3015
Enlisted:	6 December 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jockey
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

6 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3015, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 3015, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 3015, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
12 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3015, 31st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his cousin Jack Lucas of Geirson Street, Waverley, NSW. Thomas had been raised by his aunt Catherine Ryan from the age of fourteen months.

Serving his jockey apprenticeship with Frank McGrath who had won the Melbourne Cup with Peter Pan.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 January 1920 aboard HT Friedrichsuhr disembarking on 12 March 1920

Not eligible for medals

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