Thomas QUIGLEY

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Service Number:	5870
Enlisted:	22 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Army Medical Corps WW1
Born:	Blackburn, England, 1897
Home Town:	Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 13 August 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	New South Wales Garden Of Remembrance Commemorated in Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood Cemetery.
Memorials:

22 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5870, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5870, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5870, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
6 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5870, 19th Infantry Battalion
12 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1
11 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5870, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of James Quigley and Catherine (Kate) Quigley of 'Florrieville', Annie Street, Kogarah, NSW

Served twelve months as a plumbing apprentice with j. Boyd of Pyrmont, NSW.

On 3 August 1918 Thomas married Florence Bessie Pear Pownell in the Church of Christ Warminster, Wiltshire, England. Vicar James S. Stuart officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1919 aboard HT Katoomba disembarking on 25 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal