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Gunner Tasman Leslie Gallagher
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Gunner Tasman Leslie Gallagher Veteran

Birth
Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia
Death
22 Jan 1942 (aged 21)
Monument
Kokopo, Kokopo District, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea Add to Map
Plot
.Panel 7.
Memorial ID
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~~GALLAGHER, Tasman Leslie, Australian Military Forces, AMF, Army, World War Two, Service.~~~
Parents:--- Victor Michael Gallagher and Florence Adelaide Travers, married 9th February 1920 in Franklin Tasmania.
Australian Army Service No:--- TX4395
Religion:--- Church of England
Trade/Calling:--- Labourer
Martial Status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Victor Michael Gallagher, 176 Campbell St, Hobart, Tasmania.
Enlisted:--- 24th February 1941 at Hobart, Tasmania.
Last Rank: Private
Final Posting:--- Royal Australian Artillery, (Rabaul ) Heavy Battery, Lark Force.
Fate:--- Killed in Action, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, 22nd January 1942.
Burial:---No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Panel 7, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
~~GALLAGHER, Tasman Leslie, Australian Military Forces, AMF, Army, World War Two, Service.~~~
Parents:--- Victor Michael Gallagher and Florence Adelaide Travers, married 9th February 1920 in Franklin Tasmania.
Australian Army Service No:--- TX4395
Religion:--- Church of England
Trade/Calling:--- Labourer
Martial Status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Victor Michael Gallagher, 176 Campbell St, Hobart, Tasmania.
Enlisted:--- 24th February 1941 at Hobart, Tasmania.
Last Rank: Private
Final Posting:--- Royal Australian Artillery, (Rabaul ) Heavy Battery, Lark Force.
Fate:--- Killed in Action, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, 22nd January 1942.
Burial:---No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Panel 7, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.

Inscription

"Known unto God" "Their glory shall not be blotted out."

Gravesite Details

"The fortune of war, has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, burial given to his comrades in death."



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