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Thomas GALLOWAY

Regimental number3979
Place of birthDumbarton, Scotland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationIronworker
AddressAustin Street, Alphington, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 4"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinFather, Hugh Galloway, 19 College Park Street, Dumbarton, Scotland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 February 1915
Place of enlistmentSeymour, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to and proceeded to join 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried in No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Statement, 3694 Pte N. BLOCK, 59th Bn, 13 November 1917: 'I saw Casualty fall just outside our own barbed wire entanglements on the 19th July, 1916 at Fleurbaix, just across the first ditch opposite the V.C. Sap.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSee 2246 Thomas GALLOWAY for first period of service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, GALLOWAY Thomas
Red Cross file 1130701

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