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Gabriel McAllister

In memory of:

Private Gabriel McAllister

April 10, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

803088

Age:

40

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

15th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 3, 1877

Son of William and Jane McAllister, of Cavan, Richhill, Co. Armagh, Ireland.

Commemorated on Page 278 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

QUATRE-VENTS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. B. 5.

Location:

Les Quatre-Vents is a hamlet about 2 kilometres south-east of Estree-Cauchy, a village and commune 16 kilometres north-west of Arras on the old Roman road to Therouanne. This road is now part of the main road from Arras through Therouanne to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Gabriel McAllister– To Remember Is To Honour. Lest We Forget.

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    Photo of Gabriel McAllister
    Photo of Gabriel McAllister – To Remember Is To Honour. Lest We Forget.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • 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

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    Cap Badge of the 135th
    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

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    Cap Badge of the 15th
    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
  • Shoulder patch– Shoulder Patch 15th (48th Highlanders of Canada) Bn CEF. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Shoulder patch
    Shoulder patch – Shoulder Patch 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

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    Grave Marker
    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

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    Family Marker
    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

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    Record of Service
    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

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    Record of Service
    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
  • 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

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    Photo of Gabriel McAllister
    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

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    Cap Badge
    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

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