William Hewitson GALLIFORD

GALLIFORD, William Hewitson

    Service Number: 7055
    Enlisted: 18 September 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
    Last Rank: Sapper
    Last Unit: 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
    Born: Wallaroo Mines, South Australia, 15 April 1895
    Home Town: Wallaroo Mines, Copper Coast, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Wallaroo Mines, South Australia, 30 August 1929, aged 34 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Kadina Cemetery, South Australia
    Unmarked grave.
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7055, Mining Corps, Adelaide, South Australia
    11 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 7055, Tunnelling Companies, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
    11 May 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 7055, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
    30 Sep 1918: Wounded "The Last Hundred Days", Gas
    17 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 7055, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)

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    Biography

    William enlisted on 18 Sep 1916 and was attached to the 2nd Tunnelling Company.  He was gassed on 30 Sep 1918 (Mustard Gas) and returned to Australia on 04 Jun 1919.

    William married Agnes and they had 4 children, Lorna, Constance, Robert and Douglas. He died on 30/08/1929 probably war service related, from complications of the effects of mustard gas effects in 1918.

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