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	==First World War==		==First World War==
	Following the outbreak of the [[First World War]], Wrigley volunteered for overseas service and enlisted in the [[First Australian Imperial Force\|Australian Imperial Force]] on 17 August 1914. Granted the rank of [[staff sergeant]], he was allocated to [[3rd Brigade (Australia)\|3rd Brigade]] headquarters. Arriving at [[Gallipoli]] in April 1915 on board HMS ''Colne'', he was made temporary [[warrant officer]] in October. He was evacuated from the Gallipoli peninsula in December 1915 following the Allied evacuation and returned to Egypt. For his service at Gallipoli he received a [[Mentioned in Despatches]]<ref name=NAA/> and on 20 February 1916 he was [[Officer (armed forces)\|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] and posted to the [[59th Battalion (Australia)\|59th Battalion]].<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> In June 1916 he was promoted to [[lieutenant]] prior to deployment to France and posted to the [[60th Battalion (Australia)\|60th Battalion]] as [[adjutant]]. He was severely wounded on 19 July during the [[Battle of Fromelles]] while leading an attack against enemy trenches, for which he was later awarded the [[Military Cross]].<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29886\|supp=y\|page=44\|date=29 December 1916}}</ref> After spending two months in hospital in England, he was promoted to [[Captain (land)\|captain]] in November. He rejoined the 60th Battalion in January 1917 and resumed duties as adjutant in May.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> In April 1918, he lost his elder brother, Lance Corporal Fred R Wrigley, who was killed in action in France.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068846/document/5546135.PDF \|title=Roll of Honour Particulars: Fred Rankin Wrigley, 60th Battalion \|publisher=Australian War Memorial \|accessdate=20 October ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Following the outbreak of the [[First World War]], Wrigley volunteered for overseas service and enlisted in the [[First Australian Imperial Force\|Australian Imperial Force]] on 17 August 1914. Granted the rank of [[staff sergeant]], he was allocated to [[3rd Brigade (Australia)\|3rd Brigade]] headquarters. Arriving at [[Gallipoli]] in April 1915 on board HMS ''Colne'', he was made temporary [[warrant officer]] in October. He was evacuated from the Gallipoli peninsula in December 1915 following the Allied evacuation and returned to Egypt. For his service at Gallipoli he received a [[Mentioned in Despatches]]<ref name=NAA/> and on 20 February 1916 he was [[Officer (armed forces)\|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] and posted to the [[59th Battalion (Australia)\|59th Battalion]].<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> In June 1916 he was promoted to [[lieutenant]] prior to deployment to France and posted to the [[60th Battalion (Australia)\|60th Battalion]] as [[adjutant]]. He was severely wounded on 19 July during the [[Battle of Fromelles]] while leading an attack against enemy trenches, for which he was later awarded the [[Military Cross]].<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29886\|supp=y\|page=44\|date=29 December 1916}}</ref> After spending two months in hospital in England, he was promoted to [[Captain (land)\|captain]] in November. He rejoined the 60th Battalion in January 1917 and resumed duties as adjutant in May.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> In April 1918, he lost his elder brother, Lance Corporal Fred R Wrigley, who was killed in action in France.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068846/document/5546135.PDF \|title=Roll of Honour Particulars: Fred Rankin Wrigley, 60th Battalion \|publisher=Australian War Memorial \|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref>

	==Indian Army==		==Indian Army==
	Transferring to the [[Indian Army (1895–1947)\|Indian Army]] in July 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30274\|supp=y\|page=9330\|date=7 September 1917}}</ref> he was appointed as a second lieutenant, although was later promoted to captain.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> He was initially posted to the [[123rd Outram's Rifles\|2nd Battalion, 123rd Outram's Rifles]] and served with them until 1921 when he was transferred to the [[125th Napier's Rifles\|1st Battalion, 125th Napier's Rifles]].<ref name=NAA>{{cite web\|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=6231532&I=1&SE=1\|title=Digital Copy of the Service Record of Brigadier Hugh Wrigley\|publisher=National Archives of Australia\|accessdate=7 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> In 1922, these two regiments were amalgamated to form the [[6th Rajputana Rifles]]. While serving in the Indian Army Wrigley participated in the campaigns in Afghanistan during the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] in 1919, Iraq during the [[Iraqi revolt against the British]] between 1920 and 1921 and in [[Waziristan]] in 1922. He returned to Australia later in 1922.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/>		Transferring to the [[Indian Army (1895–1947)\|Indian Army]] in July 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30274\|supp=y\|page=9330\|date=7 September 1917}}</ref> he was appointed as a second lieutenant, although was later promoted to captain.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> He was initially posted to the [[123rd Outram's Rifles\|2nd Battalion, 123rd Outram's Rifles]] and served with them until 1921 when he was transferred to the [[125th Napier's Rifles\|1st Battalion, 125th Napier's Rifles]].<ref name=NAA>{{cite web\|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=6231532&I=1&SE=1\|title=Digital Copy of the Service Record of Brigadier Hugh Wrigley\|publisher=National Archives of Australia\|accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> In 1922, these two regiments were amalgamated to form the [[6th Rajputana Rifles]]. While serving in the Indian Army Wrigley participated in the campaigns in Afghanistan during the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] in 1919, Iraq during the [[Iraqi revolt against the British]] between 1920 and 1921 and in [[Waziristan]] in 1922. He returned to Australia later in 1922.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/>

	==Interwar==		==Interwar==
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	[[File:Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Wrigley - Egypt April 1940.jpg\|thumb\|Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Wrigley, Egypt, April 1940]]		[[File:Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Wrigley - Egypt April 1940.jpg\|thumb\|Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Wrigley, Egypt, April 1940]]

	Following the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], Wrigley volunteered for overseas service and enlisted in the [[Second Australian Imperial Force]]. Holding the rank of [[major]], in October 1939 he was posted to the [[2/6th Battalion (Australia)\|2/6th Battalion]] as the unit's [[second-in-command]]. Sailing for the [[Middle East]] in April 1940, he was promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] in December and placed in command of the [[2/5th Battalion (Australia)\|2/5th Battalion]].<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> While fighting at [[Bardia]], [[Libya]], he was wounded by shell-fire in the shoulder on 3 January 1941. After a period of convalescence in hospital, he rejoined the 2/6th Battalion in March as commanding officer and led it in the [[Battle of Greece\|Greek campaign]] in April.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/><ref name=AWM>{{cite web\|url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/people_8343.asp\|title=VX171 Colonel Hugh Wrigley, OBE, CBE, MC\|publisher=Australian War Memorial\|accessdate=7 April ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Following the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], Wrigley volunteered for overseas service and enlisted in the [[Second Australian Imperial Force]]. Holding the rank of [[major]], in October 1939 he was posted to the [[2/6th Battalion (Australia)\|2/6th Battalion]] as the unit's [[second-in-command]]. Sailing for the [[Middle East]] in April 1940, he was promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] in December and placed in command of the [[2/5th Battalion (Australia)\|2/5th Battalion]].<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> While fighting at [[Bardia]], [[Libya]], he was wounded by shell-fire in the shoulder on 3 January 1941. After a period of convalescence in hospital, he rejoined the 2/6th Battalion in March as commanding officer and led it in the [[Battle of Greece\|Greek campaign]] in April.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/><ref name=AWM>{{cite web\|url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/people_8343.asp\|title=VX171 Colonel Hugh Wrigley, OBE, CBE, MC\|publisher=Australian War Memorial\|accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>

	Promoted to [[colonel]] in January 1942, Wrigley was posted as the officer in charge Australian Imperial Force Reinforcement Depot in [[Palestine (region)\|Palestine]] in February. He was later promoted to temporary [[brigadier]] on 28 September, and placed in command of the [[20th Brigade (Australia)\|20th Brigade]] at the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]], Egypt. Relinquishing his acting rank, he resumed his post at the reinforcement depot on 27 October. He was Mentioned in Despatches and appointed a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 1943.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=36209\|supp=y\|page=4540\|date=14 October 1943}}</ref>		Promoted to [[colonel]] in January 1942, Wrigley was posted as the officer in charge Australian Imperial Force Reinforcement Depot in [[Palestine (region)\|Palestine]] in February. He was later promoted to temporary [[brigadier]] on 28 September, and placed in command of the [[20th Brigade (Australia)\|20th Brigade]] at the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]], Egypt. Relinquishing his acting rank, he resumed his post at the reinforcement depot on 27 October. He was Mentioned in Despatches and appointed a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 1943.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=36209\|supp=y\|page=4540\|date=14 October 1943}}</ref>

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{{Infobox military person
|name= Hugh Wrigley
|image= File:Hugh Wrigley.jpg
|image_size= 200px
|alt=
|caption= Wrigley in 1940
|nickname=
|birth_date= {{birth date|1891|12|01|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Scarsdale, Victoria]]
|death_date= {{death date and age|1980|06|03|1891|12|01|df=yes}}
|death_place= [[Caringbah, New South Wales]]
|placeofburial=
|allegiance= Australia
|branch= [[Australian Army]] [[British Indian Army]]
|serviceyears= 1914–1922 1933–1936 1939–1946
|rank= [[Brigadier]]
|unit=
|commands= [[33rd Brigade (Australia)|33rd Brigade]] (1945–46) 3rd Australian Prisoner of War Reception Group (1945) 1st Australian Base Sub-Area (1944–45) 2nd Australian Base Sub-Area (1944) [[20th Brigade (Australia)|20th Brigade]] (1942) [[2/6th Battalion (Australia)|2/6th Battalion]] (1941–42) [[2/5th Battalion (Australia)|2/5th Battalion]] (1940–41)
|battles= [[First World War]]
* [[Gallipoli Campaign]]
* [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]]
[[Third Anglo-Afghan War|Third Anglo–Afghan War]] [[Second World War]]
* [[North African campaign]]
|awards= Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] [[Military Cross]] [[Efficiency Decoration]] [[Mentioned in Despatches]]
|relations=
|laterwork=
}}
[[Brigadier]] '''Hugh Wrigley''', {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|MC|ED}}<ref name=NAA/> (1 December 1891 – 3 June 1980) was a senior officer of the [[Australian Army]] who served in the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]s. He also served with the [[Indian Army (1895–1947)|Indian Army]] between 1917 and 1922.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark">Coulthard-Clark, pp. 591–592.</ref> After returning to Australia in 1922, Wrigley worked as an oil company representative in [[New South Wales]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and served in the [[Citizens Military Force]]. During the Second World War he volunteered for overseas service and fought in [[Battle of Greece|Greece]], where he commanded the [[2/6th Battalion (Australia)|2/6th Battalion]]. In [[North African campaign|North Africa]], Wrigley commanded the [[20th Brigade (Australia)|20th Brigade]], leading them during the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]]. Later in the war he commanded the [[33rd Brigade (Australia)|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.

==Early life==
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 (Australia)|Department of Defence]] in [[Melbourne]] in May 1911.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/>

[[File:Staff Sergeant Hugh Wrigley - 1914.jpg|thumb|Hugh Wrigley at work as a defence clerk in Melbourne in 1912]]

==First World War==
Following the outbreak of the [[First World War]], Wrigley volunteered for overseas service and enlisted in the [[First Australian Imperial Force|Australian Imperial Force]] on 17 August 1914. Granted the rank of [[staff sergeant]], he was allocated to [[3rd Brigade (Australia)|3rd Brigade]] headquarters. Arriving at [[Gallipoli]] in April 1915 on board HMS ''Colne'', he was made temporary [[warrant officer]] in October. He was evacuated from the Gallipoli peninsula in December 1915 following the Allied evacuation and returned to Egypt. For his service at Gallipoli he received a [[Mentioned in Despatches]]<ref name=NAA/> and on 20 February 1916 he was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] and posted to the [[59th Battalion (Australia)|59th Battalion]].<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> In June 1916 he was promoted to [[lieutenant]] prior to deployment to France and posted to the [[60th Battalion (Australia)|60th Battalion]] as [[adjutant]]. He was severely wounded on 19 July during the [[Battle of Fromelles]] while leading an attack against enemy trenches, for which he was later awarded the [[Military Cross]].<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29886|supp=y|page=44|date=29 December 1916}}</ref> After spending two months in hospital in England, he was promoted to [[Captain (land)|captain]] in November. He rejoined the 60th Battalion in January 1917 and resumed duties as adjutant in May.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> In April 1918, he lost his elder brother, Lance Corporal Fred R Wrigley, who was killed in action in France.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068846/document/5546135.PDF |title=Roll of Honour Particulars: Fred Rankin Wrigley, 60th Battalion |publisher=Australian War Memorial |accessdate=20 October 2022}}</ref>

==Indian Army==
Transferring to the [[Indian Army (1895–1947)|Indian Army]] in July 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30274|supp=y|page=9330|date=7 September 1917}}</ref> he was appointed as a second lieutenant, although was later promoted to captain.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> He was initially posted to the [[123rd Outram's Rifles|2nd Battalion, 123rd Outram's Rifles]] and served with them until 1921 when he was transferred to the [[125th Napier's Rifles|1st Battalion, 125th Napier's Rifles]].<ref name=NAA>{{cite web|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=6231532&I=1&SE=1|title=Digital Copy of the Service Record of Brigadier Hugh Wrigley|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=7 April 2022}}</ref> In 1922, these two regiments were amalgamated to form the [[6th Rajputana Rifles]]. While serving in the Indian Army Wrigley participated in the campaigns in Afghanistan during the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] in 1919, Iraq during the [[Iraqi revolt against the British]] between 1920 and 1921 and in [[Waziristan]] in 1922. He returned to Australia later in 1922.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/>

==Interwar==
Wrigley purchased a grazing property at [[Balmoral, Victoria]], together with some Indian Army friends. He married Alison Grove Wilson on 8 January 1926 at Gardiner, Melbourne. They had a son before being divorcing. Moving to [[Urangeline, New South Wales]], he gained employment with Vacuum Oil Co. Pty Ltd in 1930 and worked at [[Hay, New South Wales|Hay]] and later at [[Sale, Victoria]].<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/>

Between 1933 and 1936, Wrigley was an active member of the [[Citizens Military Force]]. Following a break in service, he rejoined again in March 1939.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/>

==Second World War==
[[File:Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Wrigley - Egypt April 1940.jpg|thumb|Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Wrigley, Egypt, April 1940]]

Following the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], Wrigley volunteered for overseas service and enlisted in the [[Second Australian Imperial Force]]. Holding the rank of [[major]], in October 1939 he was posted to the [[2/6th Battalion (Australia)|2/6th Battalion]] as the unit's [[second-in-command]]. Sailing for the [[Middle East]] in April 1940, he was promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] in December and placed in command of the [[2/5th Battalion (Australia)|2/5th Battalion]].<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> While fighting at [[Bardia]], [[Libya]], he was wounded by shell-fire in the shoulder on 3 January 1941. After a period of convalescence in hospital, he rejoined the 2/6th Battalion in March as commanding officer and led it in the [[Battle of Greece|Greek campaign]] in April.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/><ref name=AWM>{{cite web|url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/people_8343.asp|title=VX171 Colonel Hugh Wrigley, OBE, CBE, MC|publisher=Australian War Memorial|accessdate=7 April 2022}}</ref>

Promoted to [[colonel]] in January 1942, Wrigley was posted as the officer in charge Australian Imperial Force Reinforcement Depot in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] in February. He was later promoted to temporary [[brigadier]] on 28 September, and placed in command of the [[20th Brigade (Australia)|20th Brigade]] at the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]], Egypt. Relinquishing his acting rank, he resumed his post at the reinforcement depot on 27 October. He was Mentioned in Despatches and appointed a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 1943.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36209|supp=y|page=4540|date=14 October 1943}}</ref>

Returning to Australia in February 1943, Wrigley was commandant of various training depots and bases as a temporary brigadier. Appointed to the command of the 1st Base Sub-Area in September 1944, he travelled with the unit to [[Morotai]], [[Netherlands East Indies]] in March 1945.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/> Following the surrender of the Japanese in August, he was appointed in command of the 3rd Australian Prisoner of War Reception Group located in [[Manila]] and helped the return home of over 12,000 British and 3,000 Australian personnel. He was given command of the [[33rd Brigade (Australia)|33rd Brigade]] on [[Ambon Island|Ambon]], Netherlands East Indies from November until February 1946 when he returned to Australia and was transferred to the Reserve of Officers on 30 April.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/>

==Later life==
Wrigley was appointed to a position in the [[Department of Commerce and Agriculture]] in November 1946 and later as a commercial counsellor at the Australian mission in Japan. He was the trade commissioner in Hong Kong and the Philippines between 1949 and 1952, [[Bombay]], India between 1953 and 1955, and [[Vancouver]], Canada between 1955 and 1957.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/>

After retiring from the Department of Commerce and Agriculture, Wrigley became a company director and bought property at [[Bringelly, New South Wales|Bringelly]] and [[Wagga Wagga, New South Wales|Wagga Wagga]], with his son. He married widower Jean Stewart, née Pirrit, at [[Burleigh Heads, Queensland]] on 18 September 1968.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/>

Wrigley died on 3 June 1980 at [[Caringbah, New South Wales|Caringbah]], [[Sydney]], and was cremated. He was survived by his wife and the son of his first marriage.<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/>

A portrait painted by W. H. Parry of Wrigley was submitted for the 1944 [[Archibald Prize|Archibald prize]].<ref name="Coulthard-Clark"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Coulthard-Clark |first=C. D. |year=2002|id=A160704b|title= Wrigley, Hugh (1891–1980) |accessdate=6 April 2010 }}

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