Alphonsus Ligouria GALLAGHER

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GALLAGHER, Alphonsus Ligouria

Service Number:	NX170690
Enlisted:	24 May 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Krambach, New South Wales, Australia, 15 November 1907
Home Town:	Wingham, Greater Taree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Labourer & Jockey
Died:	Injuries, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 28 April 1945, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales 2W B 5, Sydney War Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

24 May 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX170690
28 Apr 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX170690, Liverpool Prisoner of War & Interment Camp, NSW

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Alphonsus was born in Krambach, NSW on 15th November, 1906

His parents were Michael Joseph GALLAGHER & Mary Jane LUTHAM who married in Taree, NSW in 1892

He died of injuries to the brain & a fractured skull after being knocked to the ground by a motor vehicle In Chippendale, Sydney on 28th April, 1945 & died at the Royal Price Alfred Hospital in Sydney

At the time he was a soldier at the Liverpool Prisoner of War & Interment Camp in Liverpool, Sydney

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