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Military service
Service number:
1529
Age:
24
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Birth:
September 13, 1891
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 58
Additional information
Son of James and Agnes Gallacher, of "Patricia" Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland. Three other brothers also served.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Gallacher
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Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Menin Gate Memorial
August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Calgary Daily Herald June 28, 1916 -
Newspaper clipping
Calgary Daily Herald June 28, 1916 -
Newspaper Clipping
Image from local newspaper, The Ayrshire Post, at the time of his death in 1917
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Gallacher
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Gallacher
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Gallacher
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Gallacher
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Gallacher
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Gallacher
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 89 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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