Robert GALLOWAY

Regimental number10/2147
Date of birth6 May 1893
Place of birthGisborne
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationShepherd
AddressGisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 7"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinFather, T Galloway, Kutene Road, Kaiti, Gisborne
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 February 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Margaret Galloway, Gisborne. Native of Waerengaahika, Gisborne
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Reported missing, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead' (presumably killed/mortally wounded in action).

War service: 176 days (of which 57 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fifth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16784728

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