Gallagher, Michael Joseph

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First wife Isabel Annie (Belle) Wilford( 1889-1921)
Second wife Mary Jane Derrer MM(1892-1986) nurse

Book of Remembrance entry

M.B., Ch.M. : Captain, R.A.M.C., B.E.F.; also A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France and England. Enlisting 26th January, 1915, as captain A.A.M.C., and sailing 8th April as M.O. troopship "Star of England "to Egypt, was gazetted lieutenant R.A.M.C. 18th May, and appointed M.O. troopship "Cawdor Castle "with troops from Alexandria to Plymouth. Was M.O. 76th Brigade, R.F.A. (Guards' Division) from June, 1915, to May, 1917, at Battles of Loos, Somme and Vimy Ridge, and then M.O. Bethnal Green Military Hospital from June. Returning via Canada 24th December, served in Brisbane Military Hospital till the Armistice. Promoted captain R.A.M.C., 18th May, 1916. Early education at Holy Cross School, Wooloowin, and Nudgee (Q.), St. Stanislaus' (Bathurst) and St. Joseph's Colleges. Later at St. John's.

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1890

Birth in Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 2 August 1890
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Early education at Holy Cross School, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Early education at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, NSW, Australia
1904

Early education at Nudgee College, Boondall, QLD, Australia 1904
1906

Early education at St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst, NSW, Australia 1906
1913

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1913
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 26 Jan 1915
1917

Military service as Captain at France --, France ; Wingate, England --, United Kingdom 1917
1918

Married 11 Oct 1918 at Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]
1922

Married 2 Jun 1922 at Mackay [ QLD Australia ]
1937

Medical Practitioner at Mackay -- QLD, Australia 1937
1946

Lecturer & Demonstrator in Anatomy at St Lucia -University of Queensland- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1946
1946

Junior Orthopaedic Surgeon at Brisbane -Mater Hospital- QLD, Australia 1946
1972

Death in Mount Olivet Hospital -- Brisbane, Australia 26 May 1972

Gender

Male

From the archives

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Portrait of Dr Michael Joseph Gallagher [ jpg ]

Reverse of portrait of Dr Michael Jospeh Gallagher [ jpg ]

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