John Charles Fairfield QUIGGIN

QUIGGIN, John Charles Fairfield

    Service Number: 4525
    Enlisted: 11 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, 1886
    Home Town: Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Salesman
    Died: Mooroopna, Victoria, 29 May 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Shepparton Public Cemetery, Victoria
    Church of Christ area, Row B, Grave 84. Interred on the 1 June 1959. Surname on the grave is Quiggin
    Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4525, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    29 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4525, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    29 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4525, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
    3 May 1917: Imprisoned Captured at Bullecourt and held prisoner in Germany. Repatriated to England on 11 January 1919
    20 Mar 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4525, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Edwin Quiggin and Caroline Quiggin nee Robertson of Fairfield, Victoria. 

    Brother of Albert Stanley Quiggin who returned to Australia on 24 September 1917 having served with the 21st Battalion

    Husband of Mabel Quiggin nee Miller of Shepparton, Victoria. John and Mabel married during 1912c in Victoria.

    Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on 21 May 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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