page_title: Hugh Wrigley
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Hugh Wrigley / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Hugh Wrigley at work as a defense clerk in Adelaide in 1914
context_page_description: Brigadier Hugh Wrigley, CBE, MC, ED was a senior officer of the Australian Army who served in the First and Second World Wars. He also served with the Indian Army between 1917 and 1922. After returning to Australia in 1922, Wrigley worked as an oil company representative in New South Wales and Victoria and served in the Citizens Military Force. During the Second World War he volunteered for overseas service and fought in Greece, where he commanded the 2/6th Battalion. In North Africa, Wrigley commanded the 20th Brigade, leading them during the Second Battle of El Alamein. Later in the war he commanded the 33rd Brigade in the Netherlands East Indies where he took responsibility for overseeing the repatriation of a large number of Australian and British personnel. After the war, Wrigley worked as a public servant in the area of trade and commerce, serving in a number of overseas posts. He died in 1980 at the age of 88.
context_section_description: Wrigley was born on 1 December 1891 at Scarsdale, Victoria, the sixth and youngest child of John Wrigley and Isabella, née McGeachin. He was educated at a number of public and private schools. After completing his education he gained employment as a military staff clerk at the Department of Defence in Melbourne in May 1911.
caption: Hugh Wrigley at work as a defence clerk in Melbourne in 1912
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