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GALLAGHER, James Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 234 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 January 1916, An original member of A Company 34th Bn. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Krambach, New South Wales, Australia, 19 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Krambach, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | 16 April 1976, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Nabiac War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 234, 34th Infantry Battalion, An original member of A Company 34th Bn. | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 234, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 234, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 16 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Joseph Gallagher in an outpost near Lagnicourt on 15 April 1917, when it came under a sudden overwhelming attack from the Germans. His brother 233 Private Maurice Mark Gallagher, 4th Battalion AIF, was in the same post and was killed in action during the attack. Most of the men in the post were either killed or captured according to eye witnesses as it was badly outnumbered and attacked by flamethrowers.
James spent the rest of the war as prisoner of war and returned to England on 19 December 1918, before eventually returning to Australia.