GALLAGHER, Vinton Paul
| Service Number: | 2489 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mount Colah, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 9 August 1967, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mooloolah Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Millers Point Garrison Church Holy Trinity Church Roll of Honour, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2489, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 2489, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 2489, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
Help us honour Vinton Paul Gallagher's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Leonard GALLAGHER and Adelaide nee DeLARUE
Husband of Ethel Ruby GALLAGHER nee WRIGHT
Vinton left for overseas with the First Convoy from Sydney 18th October 1914 aboard HMAT Argyllshire A8.
The convoy left Western Australia on 1st November 1914 and arrived in Egypt in January 1915.
He was sent to Lemnos and Gallipoli in April, 1915. On returning from Gallipoli, he went fo France to fight. He was wounded and awarded the Military Medal on 30th August 1917.
Vinton returned to Australia on special leave in 1918.
After the war he took up a soldier settler farm at Yenda which he farmed for 35 years.
Military Medal
On the night of 29th July, 1917, at Zillebeke during a hostile bombardment three of the ammunition pits adjacent to the guns caught fire. Among the ammunition were incendiary and smoke shells. The orderly Sergeant called for volunteers to put the fires out, and although wearing box respirators, Gallagher, Gibson and Cullen at great personal danger succeeded in extinguishing the fires, thereby undoubtedly saving the three guns from total destruction.
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 19
Date: 14 February 1918
Click images to start slideshow.