Anthony Joseph GALLAGHER

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GALLAGHER, Anthony Joseph

Service Number:	410595
Enlisted:	30 January 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	RAF Conversion Units
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3 February 1923
Home Town:	Nathalia, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer's assistant
Died:	Accidental, Ireland, 7 November 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Irvinestown Church of Ireland Churchyard, Irvinestown, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Nathalia Rock and Chain Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 410595
30 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410595
7 Nov 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410595, RAF Conversion Units , Ireland

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

On the 7 November 1943, Halifax EB134 took off from Rufforth for a night non-operational training flight at the completion of which the crew were instructed to proceed to Marston Moor and land.

This order was acknowledged but for some reason they never arrived. At 2243 hours, the look-out post at Flat Head, County Cork, in the Irish Republic heard the Halifax and, subsequently, its passage northwards was observed from various points.

Then, at around 2350 hours, the flight ended in a ball of fire near Lavally, Barnaderg, some 6 miles north east from Tuan in County Galway, Eire.

All seven bodies were recovered and handed over to the authorities in Northern Ireland.

The crew members of EB134 were:

Sergeant Edgar William Camp (1605423) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Robert Mair Clark (1051117) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Anthony Joseph Gallagher (410595) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer I Norman William Gardner (R/65741) (RCAF) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Allan Stewart Johnston (409125) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant George Hilton Sansome (423386) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Leslie Harold Wildman (1158064) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)

Source: aviationmuseumwa.org.au

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