James QUIGG

QUIGG, James

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
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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

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Biography 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