Frank O'CALLAGHAN MM

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Other Name:	O'Callaghan, Francis Joseph
Service Number:	3404
Enlisted:	8 July 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Moulder
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 29 September 1917
Cemetery:	Poperinghe New Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row H, Grave 40
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

8 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3404, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3404, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3404, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
20 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Machine Gun Company, From 6th Battalion
24 Jun 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Commonwealth Gazette, No. 219. on 20 December 1917

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Son of Thomas Henry O'Callaghan and Mary O'Callaghan nee Russell of Park Street, Ballarat, Victoria.

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal