Peter CALLINAN MM

CALLINAN, Peter

Service Number: 5978
Enlisted: 1 May 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, December 1877
Home Town: Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Occupation: Surveyor
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium - Broodseinde Ridege, 4 October 1917
Cemetery: Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial
Plot XXXVI, Row F, Grave No. 3 Hit in the head by shrapnel, killed instantly, 2 miles from Anzac Ridge direction Zonnebeke, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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World War 1 Service

1 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5978, 6th Infantry Battalion
28 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 5978, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 5978, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
8 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 5978, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5978 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04
7 Mar 1918: Honoured Military Medal, Menin Road, During the attack on POLYGON WOOD east of YPRES on September 20th July, when his Company Commander and Section Sergeant had been wounded on the way to the assembling position, Pte. GALLINAN guided his Section and Company onto the taped lines on which they were to form up, thereby being instrumental in having the Company formed up before zero hour.

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