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GALLAHER, Ernest Alexander

Service Numbers:	5839, 5839A, Q5385
Enlisted:	10 June 1916, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Laidley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, 8 March 1899
Home Town:	Cooran, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Breaker
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, 8 July 1973, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pomona Cemetery, Qld Also his (DVA) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 9/Row P, at the Queensland Garden of Remembrance (within Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery) -Graham Rd- Bridgeman Downs, Brisbane Region, Qld.
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World War 1 Service

10 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5839, 5839A, 26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
10 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5839, 5839A, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5839, 5839A, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
28 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5839, 5839A, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged (Medical): 28/09/1919, [1st M.D] 1st Medical District-Brisbane, QLD. (NAA, Pg-7).

World War 2 Service

19 Dec 1940:	Involvement Trooper, Q5385
19 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q5385
22 Sep 1943:	Discharged Trooper, Q5385
22 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Trooper, Q5385, Gympie, QLD, Australia

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