Robert GALLEGHAN

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GALLEGHAN, Robert

Service Number:	2069
Enlisted:	25 April 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 20 December 1884
Home Town:	Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coal Trimmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile Plot IV, Row C, Grave 6 Headstone Inscription "REST IN PEACE", Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

25 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2069, 34th Infantry Battalion
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2069, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2069, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
3 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 34th Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2069, 34th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, SW right finger and arm
6 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2069, 34th Infantry Battalion, GSW left arm and leg
29 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2069, 34th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2069 awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-29

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of James and Janet GALLEGHAN; husband of Minnie GALLEGHAN, of 34 Dillon Street, Paddington, New South Wales. Native of Cook's Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales.

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

This morning, the 29th September 2018, we honoured the supreme sacrifice with a memorial cross at Sandgate Cemetery to Lance Corporal Robert Galleghan, 34th Battalion, coal trimmer from Carrington, N.S.W., who fell at the Hindenburg Line 100 years ago today.

Lest We Never Forget.
— with Natalie Bull and Daryl Woods.

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