Wallace Milton QUIGG

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Service Numbers:	2719, 1962
Enlisted:	17 January 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Wingello, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 2 February 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moss Vale & District Pictorial Honour Roll, Moss Vale RSL War Memorial, Moss Vale War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Wall of Remembrance (Southern Villages Memorial)

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1962, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Sydney
23 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1962, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2719, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2719, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Originally enlsted and embarked under alias Wallace Miller Quigg

His christian name is sometimes spelt Wallis

Son of James Henry Quigg and Mary Jane Quigg of Wingello, NSW.

Brother of George Harold Quigg who returned to Australia on 5 July 1918 having served with the 55th Battalion

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.