GALLAGHER, Tasman
| Service Number: | 4500 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1915, Place of enlistment - Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Franklin, Tasmania, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Franklin, Huon Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Nephritis, France, 6 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Plot I, Row C, Grave 16 Headstone Inscription "WE DO NOT COUNT AS LOST THIS LIFE SO FREELY GIVEN" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4500, 12th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 8 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4500, 12th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A69' Warilda from Melbourne on 8th February 1916. | |
| 6 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4500, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4500 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-12-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Peter John and Louisa Jane GALLAGHER, of Franklin, Huon, Tasmania.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From 52nd Battalion AIF
The following letter was published in The Mercury on 22 February 1917:
‘No. 8 General Hospital, Rouen, December 10, 1916.
"Dear Madam, - I feel I must write you a few lines about the death of your son, Private Gallagher, and at the same time express to you my deep sympathy. We were all very fond of the boy, and I can assure you that if devoted nursing could have saved him he would have lived. When I first saw him I feared there was little chance of his recovery, and Colonel Pasteur, a distinguished London physician, who is consultant here, took an equally grave view, But your son was so plucky that we had hopes of his winning the fight up to the last few hours. He died nobly, and there must be pride mingled with your grief.
Yours truly, T. A. CASSIDY, Capt. A.A.M.C.’
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