David CALLAGHAN

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Other Name:	O'Brien, John - Alias -WWI Service Record
Service Numbers:	1794, 2430
Enlisted:	8 January 1915
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	St Ennes, Cork, Ireland, 1880
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	New Zealand, 8 May 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Waikaraka Cemetery, New Zealand Area 2, Block D, Grave 6
Memorials:

8 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1794, 13th Infantry Battalion
17 Mar 1915:	Involvement Private, 1794, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
4 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1794, 13th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia - VD
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2430, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
20 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2430, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)

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Next of kin given as his brother Cornelius O'Brien Callaghan of Bute Road, Cardiff, Wales.

Commenced return to Australia 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on 18 May 1919 at Brisbane

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

In 1952 David was residing in the Veterans' Home, Three Kings, Mount Roskill, Auckland. NZ.