Frederick Galleghan

Who is Frederick Galleghan?

Major General Sir Frederick Gallagher Galleghan DSO, OBE, ISO, ED was a senior officer in the Australian Army who served in the First and Second World Wars.

Born in New South Wales in 1897, he volunteered for service with the Australian Imperial Force in the First World War. He served on the Western Front as a non-commissioned officer. Repatriated to Australia after being wounded, he was later commissioned in the militia. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, he raised and commanded the 2/30th Battalion during the Invasion of Malaya. Captured along with many of his fellow soldiers following the fall of Singapore, he spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war. After the war, he led the Australian Military Mission to Germany and became involved in charity work. He was knighted in 1969 and died two years later in Sydney at the age of 74.