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Arthur James Wigley

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Birthplace: Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
Death: July 11, 1923 (36)
Haifa, Palestine, Middle East (Assassinated)
Place of Burial: Palestine, Middle East
Immediate Family:

Son of Hon. Thomas Henry Wigley and Annie Caroline Wigley
Father of Arthur Cecil Ronayne Wigley
Brother of Thomas Harold Wigley; Stella Frances Otway and Rodolph Lysaght Wigley
Half brother of William Cranstoun Henry Wigley and Adelaide Wigley

Occupation: Civil Engineer;
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About Arthur James Wigley

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Arthur James Wigley was trained under the Public Works Dept. N.Z. as a Civil Engineer (Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. March 1916) He volunteered for active service in the Great War and was awarded the Military Cross. He was subsequently loaned by the N.Z. Govt. to the Government of Palestine to assist in the settlement of that country, and was assassinated by an Arab whilst engaged in his duties (1923). He married Violet Gray and has left two sons Arthur and James (posthumous) They lived (1932) with their grandmother Mrs Anne Wigley at Opahu Lodge, Park Lane, Timaru.

Source

The Moorhouse Family Tree currently lodged in the Library of the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand compiled by Wm. D Ferguson in 1932.


Service number WWI 4/1229
Army
Military decoration: Military Cross

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Arthur James Wigley's Timeline

1887
May 23, 1887
Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
1923
July 11, 1923
Age 36
Haifa, Palestine, Middle East
October 31, 1923
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
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Haifa Cemetery, Palestine, Middle East