Coming Soon.
QUIGG, James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 125 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 5 June 1915, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | Siege Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Belmore, New South Wales, Australia, 7 February 1879 |
Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Barman |
Died: | Tuberculosis, Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia, 1917 |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 125, Siege Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW | |
---|---|---|
17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 125, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 125, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
18 Sep 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 125, Siege Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to tuberculosis in both lungs with the left lung been the worse of the two |
Personal Stories
Help us honour James Quigg's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Quigg and Maria Quigg of George Street, Canterbury, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1915 aboard HT Star of England disembarking on 20 January 1916
Medal: British War Medal