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Alfred James Gallagher

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Birthplace: Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
Death: November 28, 1979 (73)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
Immediate Family:

Son of Patrick Gallagher and Ellen Annie Gallagher
Husband of Elsie Thelma Gallagher
Father of Helen Rosemary Mitchell and Colleen Gordon

Find A Grave ID: 235600241
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About Alfred James Gallagher

On the morning of 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight TE901 left Mangere airport, Auckland, for an 11-hour return sightseeing flight to Antarctica. At 12.49 p.m. (NZST), the aircraft crashed into the lower slopes of Mt Erebus killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. It was the worst civil disaster in New Zealand's history. Source: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/erebus-disaster

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Alfred James Gallagher's Timeline

1906
August 4, 1906
Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
1936
September 2, 1936
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
1942
March 9, 1942
Tauranga, Tauranga City, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 73
Antarctica
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Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica