serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1914 -- 1922 1933 -- 1936 1939 -- 1946 australian army british indian army 33rd brigade 20th brigade 2/6th battalion 2/5th battalion caringbah , new south wales 03 june 1980 scarsdale , victoria australia commander cross efficiency decoration mentioned in despatches of the order of the british empire military world war i 01 december 1891 brigadier hugh wrigley
 hugh wrigley
hugh wrigley

brigadier hugh wrigley cbe , mc , ed -lrb- 1 december 1891 -- 3 june 1980 -rrb- was a senior officer of the australian army who served in world war i and world war ii .
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 world war ii 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 .
