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QUIGGIN, Albert Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4201 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 December 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 18 February 1967, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 22 February 1967. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4201, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4201, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4201, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4201, 21st Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the shoulder. | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4201, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was C/- W.J. Swaries, St Julian Wickham Road, Neutral Bay, NSW
Son of John Edwin Quiggin and Caroline Ellen Quiggin nee Robertson of Fairfield, Victoria.
Brother of John Charles Fairfield Quiggin who returned to Australia on 21 May 1919 having served with the 22nd Battalion until captured at Bullecourt and held in a Prisoner of War camp in Germany.
Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1917 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 24 September 1917.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Albert married Ruth Rowena Downes in Victoria.