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GOdfrey David Albert GALLAGHER

Regimental number377
Place of birthMildura Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBank clerk
AddressLime Avenue, Mildura, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMrs E M Gallagher, Lime Avenue, Mildura, Victoria
Enlistment date16 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name22nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 68), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
96
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Mildura Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: George (d. 31 December 1907, aged 47; bu. Mildura Cemetery) and Elizabeth May (d. 29 September 1928, aged 66) GALLAGHER, 294 Chapel Street, South Yarra, Victoria. Native of Mildura, Victoria~
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 184
Date: 14 December 1916

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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