Peter QUIGLEY

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Service Number:	675
Enlisted:	11 December 1915, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Westbury, Tasmania, Australia, 7 July 1881
Home Town:	Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 22 March 1959, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

11 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 675, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 675, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 675, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
12 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 42nd Infantry Battalion, In England
15 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 675, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left thigh. Invalided to England on 23 February 1917 aboard HS Panama
24 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 42nd Battalion
23 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 42nd Infantry Battalion, From 69th Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 675, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe wound to the right thigh.
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 675, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe wound to the right thigh.
29 Apr 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 42nd Infantry Battalion
12 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 675, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Bomb wound to the left leg. Invalided to England on 18 August 1918
18 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 675, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded

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At the time of enlistment Peter was living in Goondiwindi, QLD.

Son of Peter Quigley and Mary Ann Quigley nee Donovan of Westbury, Tasmania.

Next of kin given as his sister Ellen Dulling of the City Hotel, Launceston, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia 18 December 1918 on aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 5 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 7 September 1920 Peter married Rachael Arthur Donovan in St. Mark's Church, Deloraine, Tasmania