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O'CALLAGHAN, Robert Edgar
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 16161, 16131 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 7 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 July 1938, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12, Section 7 & Columbarium 5, Section 8. Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance Wall 11, Row L |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 16161, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 16131, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 16131, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 26 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Field Company Engineers, At Etaples from re-inforcements | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 16131, 1st Field Company Engineers, Wound to the shoulder. Embarked for England on 13 October 1917 aboard HS St. Andrews | |
| 20 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 16131, 1st Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert McGregor O'Callaghan and Florence Matilda O'Callaghan nee Fisher of 'Marlin', Quay Street, Bulimba, QLD.
Served his blacksmith apprenticeship with Owen Carton of NSW for five years.
Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1919 aboard HT Orca disembarking on 12 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 18 December 1926 Robert married Helen Greenhill in QLD
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