Edward Bernard GALLAGHER

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GALLAGHER, Edward Bernard

Service Number:	405206
Enlisted:	3 February 1941
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	3 Embarkation Depot (Sandgate)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 14 March 1915
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Brisbane, Qld, 12 August 1986, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Grave Location: 9D-73, Portion 9D/Grave 73; buried with: Mary Gallagher. Also Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 48/Row F; at the Queensland Garden of Remembrance (within Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery) Bridgeman Downs, Qld, Australia.
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World War 2 Service

3 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 405206
3 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 405206
10 Feb 1944:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 405206, 3 Embarkation Depot (Sandgate)
10 Feb 1944:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 405206

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Born 14 March 1915 in Brisbane, Queensland

NOK: Mary Gallagher

3/2/1941 enlisted in Brisbane, QLD

1942 Pembroke Dock, Wales. Crew of aircraft "A for Apple" of No. 461
(Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at an RAF Station.

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Warrant Officer in 3 Embarkation Depot Sandgate

10/2/1944 discharged from service

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 7/7/2016. Lest we forget.

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