Gallichan, Jack
Private Jack Gallichan
Family/Last name:
GallichanForename(s) and initial(s):
JackPlace of birth:
Palmerston, New ZealandDate of birth:
20/2/1908Nationality:
Service number:
45933Military Unit:
Rank when captured:
Place of capture:
El AlameinDate of capture:
15/7/1942POW number:
2266912 or 266912Working Party
Data sources
The National Archives (UK), Archives New ZealandOther Sources (1. Daughter of Patrick Lynch. 2. WO392 Military Records)Gallichan is marked on a photograph alongside Patrick Lynch (submitted by Lynch’s daughter).
Gallichan was editor of Tiki Times, a camp magazine produced at working camp E535 at Milowitz, the western district of Sosnowitz (now Sosnowiece, Poland). Only a single issue was produced (in pen and ink). Gallichan carried all of the issues, along with his diary, during the Long March.
External links:
- https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/the-tiki-times-vol-1?fbclid=IwAR2CwitR9O1yEUfISz6TuZUpJi5Nh5rHTnFrJy5Ejer1YmhQ5ButVhifPl4
- https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/second-world-war/prisoners-of-war/the-tiki-times
- https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C121263
- https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/manawatu-standard/20100424/281530812226806
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