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QUIGLEY, Alfred
(Service number 4/1538)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011
Waimate War Memorial (right panel), pictured in 2011
Aliases
First Rank Sapper Last Rank Sapper

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Moa Creek, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Alfred Quigley (father), Morven, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Tunnelling Company
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Headquarters, No. 1 Relief
Date 18 December 1915
Transport Ruapehu
Embarked From Auckland, New Zealand Destination Plymouth, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Engineers

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 8 February 1917 Age 30
Place of Death Messines, Belgium
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France
Memorial Reference III. C. 18.
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Alfred Quigley was the son of Alfred Frederick and Margaret Quigley, of Morven, Glenavy; husband of Elizabeth Quigley, of 3 King's Avenue, Linwood, New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [4 Jan 2014]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20803592

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Researched and Written by

John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG

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