WWI AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE MEDAL AND ATTESTATION PAPER - PRIVATE JAMES QUIGG, NO. 125, R.A.G.A. SIEGE BATTERY

A WWI-ERA MEDAL ACCOMPANIED BY A PRINTED COPY OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE ATTESTATION PAPER FOR PRIVATE JAMES QUIGG, SERVICE NUMBER 125. THE ITEMS ARE PRESENTED TOGETHER IN A CLEAR PLASTIC ZIP-LOCK BAG WITH A HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING 'J. QUIGG WWI A.I.F.' AND A STOCK REFERENCE.

MEDAL:
A CIRCULAR SILVER-TONED MEDAL IS PRESENT. THE OBVERSE APPEARS TO DEPICT A FIGURE ON HORSEBACK, CONSISTENT WITH A WWI-ERA BRITISH OR AUSTRALIAN SERVICE MEDAL. THE MEDAL SHOWS AGE-RELATED TONING AND SURFACE WEAR. NO RIBBON IS PRESENT. A SMALL METAL BAR OR SUSPENSION COMPONENT IS VISIBLE ALONGSIDE THE MEDAL.

ATTESTATION PAPER:
THE DOCUMENT IS A PRINTED COPY OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE ATTESTATION PAPER SOURCED FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA. THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE LEGIBLE ON THE DOCUMENT:

* NAME: JAMES QUIGG
* SERVICE NUMBER: 125
* UNIT: R.A.G.A. SIEGE BATTERY
* DATE JOINED: 5TH JUNE 1915
* PARISH: BELMORE
* TOWN: SYDNEY
* COUNTY: CUMBERLAND
* NATIONALITY: BRITISH SUBJECT
* AGE: 34 YEARS (BORN 1-2-1879 APPEARS NOTED)
* TRADE: BARMAN
* MARITAL STATUS: NOT MARRIED
* NEXT OF KIN: MOTHER - MRS MARIA QUIGG, GEORGE STREET, CANTERBURY, N.S. WALES
* PREVIOUS SERVICE: R.A.G.A. STILL SERVING, JOINED APPROXIMATELY 1909
* PREVIOUSLY REJECTED CIRCA 1893 ON ACCOUNT OF CHEST MEASUREMENT

THE DOCUMENT HEADER READS 'CERTIFIED TRUE COPY' AND IS STAMPED 'COPY MADE FOR WAR PENSIONS'.



Item Size: Height: 3cm, Width: 10cm, Depth: 15cm, Weight: 1.3Kg

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

293645+291

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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