QUIGLEY, Roy Ernest
| Service Numbers: | 1383A, 3460, Q209242 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 November 1914, Enlisted at Gympie, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 12th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 9 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 6 March 1958, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 21 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1383A, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Gympie, QLD | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1383A, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1383A, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3460, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3460, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3460, 49th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the shoulder. Transferred to England on 8 September 1916 | |
| 25 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3460, 49th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wounds to the leg and hand. Transferred to England on 27 October 1917 | |
| 5 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3460, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to ankylosis knee |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Apr 1942: | Involvement Lieutenant, Q209242 | |
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| 12 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q209242, 12th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| 12 Apr 1942: | Enlisted | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q209242, 12th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Quigley and Harriet Ritchie formerly Quigley nee Boyd of Crescent Road, Gympie, QLD.
Brother of Albert George Quigley who returned to Australia on 28 October 1916 having served with the 25th Battalion; Leslie William Quigley who returned to Australia on 9 September 1919 having served with the 26th Battalion.
Returned to Australia (first time) on 26 May 1915 aboard HT Ceramic and was later discharged from the isloation camp and allotted to the reinforcements on 5 July 1915.
Re allotted to join the 49th Battalion from reinforcements with the service number of 3460.
Commenced return to Australia (second time) on 5 April 1918 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 1 June 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 21 December 1918 Roy married Annie Tulloch in QLD
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