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Military service
Service number:
803088
Age:
40
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
July 3, 1877
Death:
April 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 5.
Additional information
Son of William and Jane McAllister, of Cavan, Richhill, Co. Armagh, Ireland.
Digital gallery of Private Gabriel McAllister
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Photo of Gabriel McAllister
Private Gabriel McAllister in the uniform of his original unit the 135th Battalion (Middlesex) CEF. he was later transferred to the 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders) and finally to the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) where he DOW received at Vimy on 10 April 1917. Photograph provided by Robert Moffitt, Northern Ireland ( husband of McAllister's great grand niece) and submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Cap Badge
Cap badge of the 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders) the unit Pte McAllister was transferred to from the 135th Battalion and prior to being drafted to the 15th Battalion. Submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Photo of Gabriel McAllister
To Remember Is To Honour. Lest We Forget. -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th (48th Highlanders of Canada) Bn CEF. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge of the 135th
Cap Badge 135th (Middlesex) Bn CEF. Private McAllister was originally a member of the 135th Bn before he was transferred to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge of the 15th
Cap Badge 15th (48th Highlanders of Canada) Bn CEF. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Grave at Quatre Vent MC soldiers story here http://armaghwarmemorial.com/view.asp?ID=70179 -
Family Marker
family headstone with Private McAlisters details Full story here http://armaghwarmemorial.com/view.asp?ID=70179 -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel McAllister
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel McAllister
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel McAllister
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel McAllister
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel McAllister
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel McAllister
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel McAllister
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel McAllister
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel McAllister
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Commemorated on:
Page 278 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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