John Edward GALLAGHER

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Service Number:	VX50018
Enlisted:	28 February 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, 20 May 1906
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck driver
Died:	Died at sea (POW of Japan - Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave (at sea) - Panel 23, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia

28 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Private, VX50018, Royal Park, Victoria
28 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX50018, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
16 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
12 Sep 1944:	Involvement Private, VX50018, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Prisoners of War

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