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John Francis Quigan

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Portrait, Jack Quigan, standing in front of a bracken covered bank in long grass, full length, 1940 (kindly provided by his daughter) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Jack Quigan, standing in front of a bracken covered bank in long grass, full length, 1940 …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Quigan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jack AWMM
  • Service number
    6608 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 October 1916 AWMM Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 12 January 1940 AWMM Manaia Hotel, Manaia, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Manaia Hotel, Manaia, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Margaret Quigan (mother), 37 Ihaka Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
    • Margaret Quigan (mother), 37 Ihaka Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Greece AWMM
    • 1941 Crete AWMM
    • North Africa AWMM
    • Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    6608 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 10 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Myocardial infarction AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Four sons, brothers John Francis Quigan (6608); Maurice William Quigan (1994); Vincent Noel Quigan (1465) and kevin Roger Quigan (441825) served in WW2. All of them returned home safely after the war.

    After the war, Jack married Mary O'Connor. They had 7 children.

    With his brother Noel, Jack bought and operated a family butchery, which they named Quigan Brothers, in Woodville. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 November 1988 AWMM
    Age 72 AWMM
    Woodville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Woodville Lawn Cemetery, Woodville, Tararua District, New Zealand AWMM Main section, Block 2, Plot 36 AWMM
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  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Military Service Record AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 153 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 102 AWMM
    • Hutching, M. (Ed). (c2004). A fair sort of battering : New Zealanders remember the Italian campaign. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM
      Hutching, M. and Ravel, R. (eds). (2004). A fair sort of battering: New Zealanders remember the Italian campaign. Auckland: HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. see p38 for a photo of Jack washing his truck AWMM
    • Woodville Lawn Cemetery, Woodville, Tararua District, New Zealand AWMM
      Cemetery register no. 9001 AWMM

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