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Peter QUIGLEY

Regimental number675
Place of birthWestbury, Tasmania
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressGoondiwindi, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34.5
Height5' 6"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs Ellen Dulling, City Hotel, Launceston, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 December 1915
Place of enlistmentWarwick, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 5 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 18 October 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Hobart Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date8 April 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 15 February 1917 (gun shot wound, left thigh).

Wounded in action (second occasion), 4 October 1917 (gun shot wound, right thigh).

Wounded in action (third occasion), 12 August 1918 (bomb wound, left leg).

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Aeneas', 18 October 1918; discharged (wounded), Brisbane, 8 April 1919.

War service: Western Front
Date of death23 March 1959
SourcesNAA: B2455, QUIGLEY Peter

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