MCCALLUM, Austin
| Service Number: | 311 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, An original of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 8 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ironmoulder |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Redoubt Cemetery, Helles Redoubt Cemetery, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Tree Plaque: |
Ballarat Avenue of Honour
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| Memorials: | Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Avenue of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 311, 8th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 311, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 311, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Austin McCallum’s date of death is recorded on the AWM Roll of Honour as 1 May 1915, when it almost certainly should be the 8 May 1915. He was buried at Redoubt Cemetery at Helles and the 8th Battalion did not move to Helles until the 6 May 1915.
His brother Clem McCallum was also in the 8th Battalion and in a letter home he said he was only a few yards from his brother when Austin was shot dead in the charge at Krithia. He added that he and some mates gave him a decent burial in the field.
The brother, 156 Corporal Clement William McCallum 8th Battalion AIF was to survive over 3 more years of hard fighting before he too was killed in action 11 August 1918.
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