James Cornelius QUIGLEY

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QUIGLEY, James Cornelius

Service Number:	6144
Enlisted:	27 September 1916, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia, 20 June 1881
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Murray Bridge Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Guard, South Australian Railways
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 5 May 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

27 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6144, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6144, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Medals: British War Medal, Victory medal

Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA: 1910 - 1924) Wednesday 26 May 1915

RAILWAY STAFF CHANGES

Mr. J. C. Quigley, recently a signal man in the traffic branch, has been appointed guard on the Adelaide-Port Adelaide, with headquarters at the latter station.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134411065 (nla.gov.au)

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895 - 1954) Saturday 2 June 1917

THE LATE PRIVATE J. C. QUIGLEY.

The late Private J. C. Quigley was killed on May 4. He enlisted in September, 1916, and previous to enlisting was employed as a guard on the South Australian railways in Adelaide. He was for a long time as signalman at different places on the Cockburn line, and was a married man, but left no children. He was 35 years old.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87603781 (nla.gov.au)

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895 - 1954) Saturday 2 June 1917

QUIGLEY.— On the 4th May, killed in action in France, Private James Cornelius Quigley, 27th Battalion, dearly loved husband of Nellie Quigley (nee Short), 80, Morphett-street, Adelaide. His duty nobly done. (Late S.A.R.)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87603961 (nla.gov.au)

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