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GALLAGHER, Herbert Henry
| Service Number: | 2650 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 3 June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Hectorville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Caterer |
| Died: | Natural causes, South Australia, 25 October 1968, aged 79 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RC E, Path 28, Grave 907A |
| Memorials: | Campbelltown WW1 Memorial, Magill Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2650, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2650, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2650, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 2650, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 2650, 53rd Infantry Battalion |
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In 1922 he was appointed manager of the new Clubrooms of the Returned Sailors & Soldeirs Imperial league Australia South Australian Branch.
Biography
Herbert Henry Gallagher was born in Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia. He was a Roman Catholic and he weighed 159 pounds. His next of kin was M Thomas Gallagher which was his father. Herbert enlisted in the war on the 18th of July, 1915. He was 5 feet and 8 and a quarter tall at the time. He had a dark complexion. His occupation was a caterer.
Herbert embarked to the war on the 27th of October 1915 on the H.M.A.T Benalla. On the 8/5/1916 he got a promotion to Sergeant. This was a big step for Herbert considering he was a Private when he joined.
On the 5/5/16 he got transferred from the 27th Battalion to the fifty-third battalion. The 27th Battalion fought in France as part of their 2nd Australian division in the trenches from 7th of April and 27th of July. On the 24/12/16, Herbert got promoted to Regimental Quantity Surveyor for the 27th Battalion. Herbert was a rifleman in the 27th Battalion and suffered no injury’s during the war.
On the 10/5/18 he got paid in France for serving his country. He arrived back to Australia on 3/5/19. He received a Military Medal, Victory Medal and a British War Medal.
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