Edward Rivers QUIGLEY

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QUIGLEY, Edward Rivers

Service Number:	2037
Enlisted:	11 April 1917, Enlisted at Hughenden, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Camden, England, 1884
Home Town:	Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 11 February 1938, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland Row N, Grave 125. Interred on 12 February 1938
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World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2037, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, Enlisted at Hughenden, QLD
26 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 2037, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 2037, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, SS Indarra, Melbourne
5 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, At Codford, England
10 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 47th Battalion
22 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2037, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Wound to the head. Invalided to England on 2 October 1918
12 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2037, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Also known as Edward Robert Quigley and Edward James Quigley but served as Edward Rivers Quigley. Last known address was Riverview Hotel, Maryborough, QLD in 1929.

Next of kin given as his brother James Quigley of Britannia Road, North Finchley, London, England

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 15 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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