GAVAGHAN, John
| Service Number: | 2066 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lecarrow, Charlestown, County Mayo, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Seymour, Mitchell, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Lecarrow, Charlestown, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium - between 07-9 June 1917, 8 June 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ireland Castlebar Mayo Peace Park Australian War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2066, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2066, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
37th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 32 and the son of Francis [Frank ] and Anne Gavaghan, of Charlestown, County Mayo. Ireland.
Age on arrival in Australia 27
Address-Tower Hotel, Cr Russell & Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne, Victoria.
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-31 May 1916
Place of enlistment-Seymour, Victoria
Enlisted 23 May 1916 - 37th Bn, 3rd Reinforcements; taken on strength, 37th Bn, 15 January 1917
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/54/2
Age at embarkation-30
War service: Western Front
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916, disembarked Plymouth, England, 11 November 1916; proceeded overseas to France, 20 December 1916; marched in to 3rd Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, France, 21 December 1916; marched out to unit, 14 January 1917; taken on strength of 37th Bn, 15 January 1917.
Sources
NAA: B2455, GAVAGHAN John
He is one of 16 Australian soldier casualties of the Great War who are honoured on the Mayo Great War Memorial in Mayo Peace Park, Garden of Remembrance, Lannagh Road, Castlebar, County Mayo.
Usually the name appears because the casualty was born in the area or his parents lived there but sometimes the association rests with the fact that the casualty was educated in the district.
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