Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Frederick Alfred Galagher, 6th Battalion from Northcote South ...

Accession Number H05641
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Frederick Alfred Galagher, 6th Battalion from Northcote South Victoria shown wearing the uniform of a commissioned officer in the Senior Cadets. A 32 year old cutter prior to enlisting on 17 August 1914, he was appointed a Second Lieutenant a month later. He embarked for overseas with H Company from Melbourne on 19 October 1914 aboard HMAT Hororata. While serving with the battalion at Gallipoli, he was killed in action on 8 May 1915 in an attack near Krithia, Turkey. Lt Galagher is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey with others who have no known grave.