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O'CALLAGHAN, Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7540 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1917, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 18 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick West, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plasterer |
| Died: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 10 March 1964, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria RC-133-0031. Interred as Joseph Patrick O'Callaghan. Henrietta is in the same gave |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7540, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 7540, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 7540, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7540, 14th Infantry Battalion, Contusions of the back | |
| 12 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7540, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Martin O'Callaghan and Elizabeth O'Callaghan nee Handley of Melbourne, Victoria
Husband of Henrietta Lucy O'Callaghan nee Phelan of Sutherland Street, West Brunswick, Victoria. Joseph and Henrietta married during 1916c in Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Frankfurt disembarking on 20 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal