John Ernest Gallaher jr. was born on July
5th, 1892 in Dummer Township, Ontario. He was the son of John and
Amelia (Dewert) Gallaher.
Gallaher was living in Warsaw,
Ontario, when he was called to report under the Military Service Act for a
medical inspection on October 26th 1917. He was 25 years old, stood 5 feet, 5 ½ inches
tall and weighed 135 pounds. He had a
dark complexion, hazel eyes and dark brown hair. He stated his occupation as a farmer,
religion as Methodist, and also declared that he had no previous military
experience. He was considered category
A.2 by the medical board and fit for overseas service. He reported to the 1st Eastern
Ontario Depot Battalion at Barriefield Camp (Kingston) on June 27th
1918 for training.
Gallaher trained there for three
weeks before a sprained ankle and infected contusion on his right heel resulted
in a three week stay in Ongwanada Hospital in Kingston on July 17th
–August 12th 1918. He was stationed
at Barriefield when the war ended and was formally discharged on December 30
1918 in Belleville, Ontario.
John Gallaher later married Ethel May
Brown of Ashphodel Township in 1923. He passed
away on August 7, 1970 and was buried in Norwood Cemetery.
*Gallaher has a variation of
spellings including Gallagher, Golloher.
Sources:
Library & Archives Canada The
Military Service File of John Ernest Gallaher. Ottawa,
Ontario. RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4930-35. NO.377062.
Archives of Ontario Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928;
Series: MS932; Reel: 585 P.209.
Archives of Ontario. Registration of Births and Stillbirths,
1858-1913. MS 929, reel 150. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. P.78.
Library and Archives Canada. Census
of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada,
2009. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/about-census.aspx.
Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6290 to T-6427.
LAC. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: 2007. Census
Place: 21 - Dummer, Peterborough East, Ontario; Page: 6;
Family No: 56
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