John Bennett GALLIGAN

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GALLIGAN, John Bennett

Service Numbers:	208, 1016
Enlisted:	18 January 1915
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 22 August 1874
Home Town:	Goodna, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Killed in Action, Palestine, 26 March 1917, aged 42 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jerusalem Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 208, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 208, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 208, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1016, 5th Light Horse Regiment
12 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1016, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karoola, Brisbane
12 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1016, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
26 Mar 1917:	Involvement Trooper, 1016, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1016 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-03-26

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

John Bennett Galligan (recorded as John Joseph Galligan by Murray in Boer War Nominal Roll) was born on 22 Aug 1874 in Queensland, a son to James Galligan and Mary Ann Galligan (nee Sullivan).

He served in the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 208 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 1016 in the 5th Light Horse Regiment AIF, WW1 during which he was 'killed in action' in 1917 at Palestine. His WW1 Attestation paper on his WW1 service record held by the National Archives notes his previous service in the Boer War.

His service in both wars and the different transcribing of his name is documented in his online biography on the Australian Boer War Memorial with information provided by a descendant. Note he was also recorded as John Joseph Gallaghan in The Queenslander newspaper, 19 May 1900, against his Boer War service photograph.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record; Australian Boer War Memorial bio).

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