Charles Thomas QUIGG

QUIGG, Charles Thomas

Service Number: 4883
Enlisted: 28 December 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
Born: Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Canterbury, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 29 December 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Memorials: Canterbury Public School War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

28 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4883, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
8 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4883, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4883, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
16 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Division Cyclist Company, From 13th Battalion
5 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4883, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Wound to the back
11 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4883, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed
24 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Francis S. Quigg and Marion Quigg of George Street, Canterbury, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia as invalid on 20 December 1918 aboard HT Orontes disembarking 1 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Charles married Elizabeth J.K. Shuttleworth in Petersham, NSW