GALLWEY, Herbert Stanley
| Service Number: | 2488 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Bourke, New South Wales,Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Bourke, Bourke, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Egypt, 23 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Suez War Memorial Cemetery British Christian Military Cemetery, Suez, Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Suez, Suez Canal, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Trundle WWI Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 2488, Divisional Ammunition Column | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 2488, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2488, Divisional Ammunition Column, ANZAC / Gallipoli, No 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, | |
| 23 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2488, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2488 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1918-10-23 |
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Bombadier Herbert Stanley GALLWAY
Embarked to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 4 April 1915.
Admitted to No 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 1 September 1915 (conjunctivitis, slight); transferred to Convalescent Camp, Mustapha, 6 September 1915; discharged, 9 September 1915.
Embarked Alexandria, 2 October 1915; rejoined 1st Battery, Gallipoli, 13 October 1915.
Disembarked Alexandria, 22 December 1915.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, no date stated; disembarked Marseilles, France, no date stated.
Promoted Acting Bombardier, 31 July 1917.
On leave, 17 February 1918; rejoined unit, 5 March 1918.
Commenced return to Australia from Taranto, Italy, 8 October 1918.
Admitted to Government Hospital, Suez, 21 October 1918 (pleuro pneumonia).
Died, Government Hospital, 23 October 1918.
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