John O'CALLAGHAN

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Service Number:	4124
Enlisted:	1 March 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Black Springs, South Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 31 December 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Section Y, Drive D, Path 34, Grave 256N. Interred on 2 January 1960
Memorials:

1 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4124, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
25 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 4124, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
25 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 4124, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
25 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 4124, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
25 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 4124, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
29 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
9 Jan 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 4124, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Gassed. Transferred to England on 14 January 1918 aboard HS Esquibo
21 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4124, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Next of kin givn as a friend May Haysed of Empire Coffee Palace, Grote Street, Adelaide, SA. John and May later married during 1919c.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 29 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Residential address at the time of death was Semaphore, SA