Arthur Vincent QUIGGIN

QUIGGIN, Arthur Vincent

    Service Number: 66317
    Enlisted: 13 May 1918, Enlisted at Parkes, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 14 April 1899
    Home Town: Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Assistant Crowns Landagent
    Died: Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia, 8 July 1954, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
    Memorials: Parkes District Roll of Honor, Parkes Methodist Church Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    13 May 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 66317, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Enlisted at Parkes, NSW
    5 Oct 1918: Involvement Private, 66317, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Zealandic embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    5 Oct 1918: Embarked Private, 66317, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), SS Zealandic, Melbourne
    22 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, AIF Headquarters
    23 Oct 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion
    31 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 66317, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    At the time of enlistment he was residing in Court Street, Parkes, NSW

    Son of John Edwin Quiggin and May Winnifred Quiggin nee Rutherford of Abel Street, Mayfield, Newcastle, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 16 December 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

    Medal: British War Medal

    During 1924c Arthur married Annie L. Davies in Parkes, NSW

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