James GALLACHER

GALLACHER, James

    Service Number: 726
    Enlisted: 27 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Scotland, 1892
    Home Town: Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales
    Schooling: Broxburn Roman Catholic School, Scotland
    Occupation: Stonemason
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 726, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 726, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 726, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    1 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement Lance Corporal, 726, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 726 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 18 or 19 years

    Son of Lawrence and Ellen Kelly Gallacher of 27 Stankards Rows, Uphall, Linlithgowshire, Scotland formerly of Uphall Station, Uphall, Scotland. Brother of Madge Gallacher

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Prior to leaving for Australia he was serving in the King's Own Scottish Borderers

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