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Gallwey, Wilfred Denver, 1898-1967
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- Denver, Wilfred, 1898-1967
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1898-1967
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Wilfred Denver Gallwey was born at Rockhampton, Queensland. He enlisted to World War I in 1916 at the age of 18. He was given the service number of 2430 and was initially assigned to the 52nd Battalion as part of the 5th reinforcements. He embarked from Brisbane on 19 September 1916 aboard HMAT Seang Choon. He disembarked at Plymouth, England on 9 December 1916 and was promoted to Acting Corporal (without pay) on 11 December. He was transferred to the 47th battalion on the 7 March 1917. It was as part of this unit that, on 11 April, he took part in the battle of Bullecourt. During June 1917, he was promoted to Lance Corporal. In July 1917, Gallwey became severely ill with trench fever and was transferred to Weymouth hospital in England and did not return to the front line. After his recovery, Gallwey spent the rest of the war as a signalling instructor in England. He departed England on 9 March 1919 aboard HT Kashmir and arrived in Australia on the 24 April 1919. After the war Gallwey resumed his job as a bank clerk and lived in Australia and Fiji. Gallwey spent the time leading up to the Second World War in London as liaison between the British Ambassador in Berlin and the War Office in London. After spending the war in London, he returned to Australia in 1946. Wilfred Denver Gallwey died on 27 May 1967
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Created, KM, 20-Nov-2024.
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Australian War Memorial (n.d). Corporal Wilfred Denver Gallwey, accessed online 20-Nov-2024.
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