Matthew Gallagher
Died 2 Sept 1914
- Service number
- WWI N/N AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Trooper Crawford, J. (2014) Canterbury Mounted Rifles Crawford, J. (2014)
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- Matthew AWMM
- Surname
- Gallagher AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI N/N AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
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About birth
- Birth
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 1914 AWMM Gibbon Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- WWI N/N AWMM
- Military service
- Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 Trooper Crawford, J. (2014) Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- 30 Aug 1914 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Suffered a severe head injury after falling from a tramcar AWMM - Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
- 30 Aug 1914 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Aug 1914 Crawford, J. (2014) Trooper Crawford, J. (2014)
Canterbury Mounted Rifles Crawford, J. (2014) - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Summary of Service: There is no surviving personal file for Trooper Matthew Gallagher. It has proved impossible to establish when exactly he volunteered for service in the NZEF, but it was apparently before 16 August 1914 as on that date or a day or two earlier the Kaiapoi Working Men's Club agreed to pay for the purchase of a horse and other equipment for Gallagher. He was probably one of the volunteers who poured into the mobilisation camp at Addington in Christchurch between 12 and 16 August. He was initially enlisted into the Canterbury Infantry Battalion, but late in August transferred to B Squadron of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles.
Circumstances of Death: On the evening of the 30 August 1914 Trooper Gallagher was standing on the rear platform of a tram travelling from Cathedral Square to the mobilisation camp at Addington when he fell hitting his head on the road. Gallagher suffered a severe head injury and died before he reached hospital. His funeral was held on 2 September 1914. It was attended by the officers and men of his squadron, the Canterbury Infantry Battalion’s band and senior officers. Gallagher's death was examined by a coroner and by a board of officers convened at the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel John Findlay, the Commanding Officer of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Both enquiries concluded that his death was the result of an accident. Gallagher's parents were people of limited means and the military authorities agreed to assist with the cost of a funeral. In 1920 Gallagher's mother applied for a war pension, but it has proved impossible to establish if her application was successful.
Conclusion: Although there is no surviving personal file for Trooper Matthew Gallagher, it is clear from the available evidence that at the time of his death he was serving in the NZEF. Trooper Matthew Gallagher, therefore, qualifies for inclusion in the appropriate First World War rolls of honour. Prepared by John Crawford, NZDF Historian AWMM
About death
- Death
- 2 Sept 1914 Crawford, J. (2014)
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Accidental Death AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- All Saints' Anglican Church, Springs Road, Prebbleton, Christchurch, New Zealand. AWMM Row C Plot 4-5 AWMM
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- Obituary
- Formally recognised in August 2014 as a war casualty and entered on the New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s official rolls of honour. AWMM
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Crawford, J. (2014). Background information in "CDF announces inclusions to First World War Rolls of Honour." Ministry for Culture & Heritage. News 13 August 2014.
http://web.archive.org/web/20190124082026/https://mch.govt.nz/news-events/news/cdf-announces-inclusions-first-world-war-rolls-honour
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Casualty details.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/75450901/GALLAGHER,%20MATTHEW
Further Reference - Anglican Parish of Halswell Prebbleton, Christchurch.
http://maryalls.church.org.nz/History/AllSaints/default.htm
Further Reference - Coroners Inquests - Case files - Canterbury
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R23720436
Further Reference - A Trooper's death. Press, Volume L, Issue 15061, 1 September 1914, Page 4
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19140901.2.19&srpos
Further Reference - Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210315175255/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1CMRi-t1-body.html
Further Reference
- Crawford, J. (2014). Background information in "CDF announces inclusions to First World War Rolls of Honour." Ministry for Culture & Heritage. News 13 August 2014.
- References
- Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
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