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CALLEN, Vincent Charles

Service Numbers:	927, Commissioned
Enlisted:	10 April 1916, Place of enlistment - West Maitland, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stockton, New South Wales. Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, NSW (Catholic) and Sydney University, New South Wales. Australia
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 20 August 1918
Cemetery:	Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette Plot VI, Row G, Grave 5 Headstone Inscription "HE GREW IN AGE BELOVED OF GOD & ALL WHO KNEW HIM GOD REST HIS SOUL"
Memorials:	Hamilton St Mary's Marist Bros' School Newcastle Honour Roll, Stockton Soldiers Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 927, 34th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - West Maitland, New South Wales
2 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 34th Infantry Battalion
2 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 927, 34th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A20' Hororata from Sydney on 2nd May 1916, disembarking at Plymouth, England on 23rd June 1916. Service record states disembarking vessel HMT Aragon therefore possibility soldiers transshipped enroute.
21 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 927, 34th Infantry Battalion, Proceeded to France from Southampton, England.
14 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 34th Infantry Battalion
4 Jun 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, "For services rendered from September 22nd 1917 to 24th/25th February 1918" 5 Officers were recommended for the award at the same time Major Walter A. Leroy FRY Major Harry Lambert E.D. WHEELER Captain Benjamin Greenup BRODIE Lieutenant Augustus Gibson FARLEIGH Second Lieutenant Vincent Charles CALLEN
30 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion
15 Dec 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion
20 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-20

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Michael and Ellen CALLEN, of "Salopia," Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales.