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GALLAGHER, Maurice Mark
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 233 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Krambach, New South Wales, Australia, 10 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Krambach, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nabiac War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 233, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 233, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 233, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 233 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-15 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Gallagher
Maurie was fighting alongside with his brother James at Lagnicourt when on this day 15.4.1917 he was KIA, James was taken captive by the Germans and held till after the war when he was sent to England.