Regimental number | 1300 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Evansford, Victoria |
Place of birth | Caralalup, Shire of Lexton, Victoria |
School | State School, Evansford, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Evansford, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Catherine Gallagher, Evansford PO, Evansford, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 39th Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/56/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular |
"He had a brother who was for 20 months a prisoner of war in Germany and another with a gun shot wound through the head of which he will never be better again" (Mrs Katherine Gallagher, Mother) |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Guard's Cemetery (Plot VII, Row L, Grave 3), Lesboeufs, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Francis and Katherine GALLAGHER, of Evansford, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1643 Private Francis Patrick GALLAGHER, 38th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement, returned to Australia 5 March 1919; 6018 Private Thomas Bernard GALLAGHER, 7th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement, returned to Australia 19 October 1917; First Cousins: 2423 Private Walter Henry JENKINS, 59th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement, Died of Wounds 30 September 1918; 3037 Sergeant Major David Francis GILLESPIE, 7th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement, Died of Wounds received at Armentieres, France, on 27 March 1917, at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
Other details |
War Service: Private Gallagher was taken on strength of the 60th Battalion 13 October 1916, and was killed in action on 27 November 1916. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal ~ |