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CALLAGHAN, Walter Leslie James

Service Numbers:	2539, 2359
Enlisted:	10 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1888
Home Town:	Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Lithgow Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Drop forger
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 4 September 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Q. V. F. 14.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lithgow War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2539, 54th Infantry Battalion
30 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2539, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2539, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
13 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2359, 54th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Gassed and GSW left hand
1 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2359, 54th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, Shell wound head (severe)

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