CALLAGHAN, Albert Ross
| Service Number: | 5117 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surrey Hills, Sydney, NSW, 21 July 1887 |
| Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Sailor |
| Died: | DoW - gas 17/4/1918 at Villers-Bretonneux, Cheltenham Area War Hospital, England, United Kingdom, 26 April 1918, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, Prestbury, England Cheltenham Cemetery (Row M, Grave No. 9223), Glouestershire, Cheltenham Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5117, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5117, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5117, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 5117, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5117 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 26th April.......Private Albert Ross Callaghan was born in Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW in 1887. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 23rd December, 1915 as a 28 year old, single, Tailor from Kogarah, Sydney, NSW.
Private Callaghan arrived in England for further training & proceeded from there to France on 30th September, 1916. He was transferred to 54th Battalion on 12th October, 1916.
Private Callaghan was on leave from France from 11 - 21 October, 1917.
On 26th December, 1917 an entry was placed on the “Casualty Form – Active Service: Army Form B. 103” which recorded “Advises this man has never been absent from his Unit.”
Private Callaghan was on leave to UK from 9th March, 1918 & rejoined his Unit on 9th April, 1918.
Private Callaghan was wounded in action - Gassed on 17th April, 1918 at Villers Bretonneux.
The War Diary for 54th Battalion records the following : "At about 4 am the enemy commenced shelling C29B and D. and the village of VILLERS-BRITONNEUX with 8”, 9.9, 4.2 and 77 gas shell. Yellow cross and green cross were used.
At about 10 am men began to feel the effects of the gas and by 5 pm every man in three platoons of D. Company (No. 13, 15, 16.) had been evacuated and the majority of Battalion Head Quarters as well....."
Private Callaghan was invalided to England & admitted to the Cheltenham Area War Hospital where he died on the morning of 26th April, 1918 from the effects of Gas.
Private Albert Ross Callaghan was buried in Cheltenham Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England where 9 other WW Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/cheltenham.html
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