Galston War Memorial
An obelisk made of local stone that commemorates the local men who served in World War One.
Those who are remembered
Eric Hugh Barker
Service number: 5044
Rank: Private
Regiment: 45th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 28
Place of enlistment:
Date of death: 7 June 1917
Place of death: Messines Ridge, Ypres, Belgium
Battle: Battle for Messines Ridge
Memorial/cemetery: The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Relationships: Son of Theo Hugh Barker, M. B., and Edith May Barker, of 48, Cowles Road, Mosman.
Civil employment: Orchardist
Details: Eric Barker was reported as killed in action on the 6/7 August 1916 but was in hospital, shortly after he was again admitted to hospital “with nervous deafness”. Eric Barker was killed on the first day of the Battle of Messines.
Image: Messines Ridge, 1917
Henry Albert Campbell
Service number: 2082
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1 Pioneers Battalion
Age: 31
Place of enlistment: Maitland, NSW
Date of death: 9 November 1917
Place of death: Chateau Wood, near Ypres, Belgium
Battle: Passchendale, Belgium
Memorial/cemetery: The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Relationships: Son of Hugh and Rebecca Campbell; husband of Mrs. G. A. Campbell, Gosford, NSW
Civil employment: Stockman
Details: Henry Campbell was killed by enemy shell fire while going to the front to recover the body of a member of his company, he has no known grave. He was the brother of John W. S. Campbell a school teacher from Galston. His other brother Irvine Campbell also died in the war.
Image: Chateau Wood, near Ypres
Irvine Fleming Campbell
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 38
Place of enlistment: Kensington
Date of death: 2 June 1915
Place of death: At sea
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Relationships: Son of Hugh and Rebecca Campbell; husband of G. E. Campbell, of Miamba, Hill St., Scone, New South Wales.
Civil employment: Shire Clerk
Details: Captain Campbell was mortally wounded at Gallipoli. He had previously served in South Africa with the Scottish Horse and was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with 5 Clasps. He had also served 5 years with the Australian Rifle Regiment. He was the Shire Clerk of Scone, NSW and the brother of John W. S. Campbell a school teacher from Galston. His other brother Henry Campbell also died in the war.
Walter William Dumbrell
Service number: 348
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 41st Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 33
Place of enlistment: Rockhampton, Queensland
Date of death: 19th April 1918
Place of death: North of the Bray to Corbie Road, Somme, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Villiers-Bretonneux, Amiens, France
Relationships: Son of David and Jane Dumbrell; husband of G. L. Bukowski (formerly Dumbrell), of Dobbs St., Mount Morgan, Queensland. NSW
Civil employment: Policeman
Details: Walter Dumbrell was born in Galston. He was killed by enemy shell fire.
Leslie Rupert Fagan
Service number: 6088
Rank: Private
Regiment: 18th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 25
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 23rd April 1917
Place of death: Between Reincourt and Bullecourt, Somme, France
Battle: Battle of Arras
Memorial/cemetery: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Relationships: Son of Mr. S. and Mrs. E. M. Fagan, of “Netherby” Arcadia Rd., Galston,
Civil employment: Orchardist
Details: Leslie Fagan was wounded in the thigh and right buttock on the morning of the 19th April and was taken to the 6th General Hospital. He died four days later after not responding to treatment and suffering from “septic absorption”.
Harry Finklestein
Service number: 540
Rank: Private
Regiment: 20th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 21
Place of enlistment: Galston, NSW
Date of death: 5th August 1916
Place of death:
Battle: Offensive around Pozieres
Memorial/cemetery: Villiers-Bretonneux, Amiens, France
Relationships: Son of Lazarus and Rebecca Finklestein, Manchester, England
Civil employment: Orchardist
Details: Harry Finklestein was working in Galston. His Roll of Honour documentation states that “He willingly volunteered to fight. That justice and right must be fought for was his ideal. He left us his memory.” The War Memorial lists his parents as living in England but his army papers say that he was born within the Austro-Hungarian Empire which was at war with Australia.
Charles Upton Fuller
Service number: 214
Rank: Private
Regiment: 17th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 22
Place of enlistment: Parramatta
Date of death: 30 September 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Battle of Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Relationships: Son of Edward and Sara Ann Fuller of Galston Road, Dural.
Civil employment: Clerk
Details: Charles Fuller was wounded on the 27th August 1915 and died a month later. He was the brother of Godfrey Fuller and has no known grave. The Australian War Memorial gives his death as 30th August 1915.
Godfrey Archibald Fuller
Service number: 29
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 20
Place of enlistment: Parramatta
Date of death: 27 May 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Battle of Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli
Relationships: Son of Edward and Sara Ann Fuller of Galston Road, Dural.
Civil employment: Clerk
Details: Godfrey Fuller was the brother of Charles Fuller who was also killed in action.
Fedor Gartung
Service number: 29
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Galston, NSW
Date of death: 12th September 1918
Place of death:
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: La Chapelette British Cemetery, Peronne, France
Relationships: Son of Mrs. Susan Gartung, Galston, NSW
Civil employment: Bread carter
Details: Fedor Gartung was wounded in action in August 1916. On the 11th September 1918 he was again wounded, this time in the face, chest and side and was transferred to 53rd Clearing Station where he died the next day. He was the brother of Frederick Gartung, who died and Leopold who survived the war.
Frederick Gartung
Rank: Private
Regiment: 28th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 18
Place of enlistment: Galston
Date of death: 3 November 1916
Place of death: Flers, Somme, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Villiers-Bretonneux, Amiens, France
Relationships: Son of Mrs. Susan Gartung, Galston, NSW
Civil employment: Orchardist
Details: Frederick Gartung was said to have drowned after falling into a trench full of water shortly before the Battalion went into action. He was the brother of Fedor Gartung, who died and Leopold who survived the war.
Alphonsus Gilligan
Service number:
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: 11th Australian Light Horse.
Age: 34
Place of enlistment: Galston
Date of death: 29th October 1918
Place of death: Damascus, Syria
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery
Relationships: Son of William and Margaret Gilligan, of Galston, NSW
Civil employment: Labourer
Details: Alphonsus Gilligan died of “Clinical Malaria Pneumonia” at French Hospital, Damascus, after suffering various illnesses during the year he served on the Palestine Front.
Wilfred George Harvey
Service number: 6280
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 37
Place of enlistment:
Date of death: 5 May 1917
Place of death:
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Relationships: Son of Elisha and Emma Harvey; husband of Margaret Harvey, of The Mall, Hurstville, New South Wales. Born at Southampton, England.
Civil employment: Labourer
Details: Wilfred George was educated at Galston Public School. He died of a gun shot wound to the abdomen. On the memorial he is listed as Wilfred Harvey.
Frederick Walter Henstock
Service number: 318
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 35
Place of enlistment: Leichhardt, NSW
Date of death: 30th April 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Relationships: Husband of Mrs Elizabeth Henstock of Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW.
Civil employment: Billiard Saloon proprietor
Details: No known Grave. Frederick Henstock was said to have seen action during the Boer War although he is not listed on the Nominal Roll.
Arthur Horace Pugsley
Service number: 671
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 30
Place of enlistment: Portland, NSW
Date of death: 2nd May 1915
Place of death: Shrapnel Gully, Gallipoli
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Relationships: Son of Henry and Kate E. Pugsley, of Wisteria, Galston, NSW.
Civil employment: Bricklayers Labourer
Details: Arthur Pugsley has no known grave.
Kenneth George Randell
Service number: 3251
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Wyong, NSW
Date of death: 23 August 1918
Place of death: St Martin's Wood, near Proyart, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France
Relationships: Son of Alfred and Amy Therisa Randell, of Terminus St., Liverpool, New South Wales.
Civil employment: Labourer
Details: George Randell was a Company Runner. He was wounded on the 14 October 1917 and returned to the front in June 1918. He was killed while sheltering in the Company HQ. Kenneth was born in Galston, but is not listed on the memorial.
James Ashton Taylor
Service number: 1824
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Arcadia, NSW
Date of death: 7th August 1915
Place of death:
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Relationships: Son of James Ashton Taylor and Annie Taylor, “Rusholme”, Arcadia, NSW
Civil employment: Labourer
Details: His father also served in the A.I.F, enlisting at the age of 48 as a trainer for the Light Horse Infantry. Returned to Australia in 1916.