Patrick Henebery O'CALLAGHAN

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O'CALLAGHAN, Patrick Henebery

Service Number:	4755
Enlisted:	27 April 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Field Ambulance
Born:	Edenhope, Victoria, 1 August 1885
Home Town:	Croydon, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Natural causes, West Croydon, South Australia, 26 May 1962, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Acacia C, Path CB, Grave 138
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Peterborough St Anacletus Catholic Church Honour Board WW1

World War 1 Service

27 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4755, Keswick, South Australia
15 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4755, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
15 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4755, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
1 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4755, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, ANZAC / Gallipoli
28 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4755, 12th Field Ambulance

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Biography

Described on enlisting as 30 years 2 months old; single; 5’ 8 ½” tall; 157 lbs; fair complexion;
blue eyes; dark brown hair; Roman Catholic; tattoos on both forearms and left upper arm and
both shoulders.

Father Henry O'Callaghan and Mother Edith (nee_______),
corner of Lipson Street and Junction Road, Port Adelaide, South Australia

Next of Kin in service:
26         John O’Callaghan
             27years old a Brickmaker from Lipson St, Port Adelaide enlisted 19/8/1914
             (returned to Australia in 1918)
   Died 3/5/1945 (57 years) - Cheltenham Cemetery

563       Thomas Henry O’Callaghan
             26years old a Labourer from Lipson St, Port Adelaide enlisted 30/12/1914
             (returned to Australia in 1918)
             Died 30/7/1949 (60 years old) – West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide

3429     Henry Francis O’Callaghan
             25years old a Builders Labourer from Lipson St, Port Adelaide enlisted 16/8/1915
             (returned to Australia in 1918)
             Died 12/1/1969 (78 years old) – Murray Bridge Cemetery

Previous service: 5 years Royal Navy

20/4/1915 Completed medical – fit for service

20/4/1915 Cert of Commanding Officer – appointed Patrick to Base Depot
1st Reinf 3rd Australian General Hospital

27/4/1915 Enlisted at Keswick, as a Private into the 3rd Australian General
Hospital, 1st reinforcement

15/6/1915 Embarked from Melbourne on HMAT A62 Wandilla
Changed to:

17/6/1915 Embarked from Melbourne on HMAT A62 Wandilla with
Special Reinforcements

August 1915 Proceeded to join Military General Hospital. Gallipoli

25/10/1915 Admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital – with Jaundice

8 - 25/12/1915 Absent without leave 18 days

27/1/1916 Disembarked from Mudros,

22/5/1916 Taken on strength supernumeracy from Special Reinforcements

2/6/1916 Embarked to join BEF

11/6/1916 Kingsionoian – Disembarked Marseilles, France

31/10/1916 In Hospital – Rectal Abscess - in the field - Abbeyville, France

4/11/1916 Embarked for England (from Haure, France)

5/11/1916 To 2nd Southern General Hospital (due to being GASSED)

6/11/1916 Admitted to 2nd Southern General Hospital - London, England

14/11/1916 Taken from 2nd Southern General Hospital to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital

4/12/1916 Taken from 3rd Auxiliary Hospital to Furlough Perham Downs Repat - England

2/1/1917 Proceeded overseas - France

17/1/1917 Marched in to Australian Ambulance Medical Corp Training Depot from
No 1 Company Depot Parkham Downs

18/1/1917 Detached for duty with S 16.0 10th Training Battalion

19/1/1917 Marched in to 10th Infantry Battalion No 12 Durrington Camp, from Parkhouse

2/7/1917 Proceeded overseas to France ex Australian Training Depot - Folkestone

3/7/1917 Marched in ex England – Rouilles, France

6/7/1917 Marched out to 3rd Division Ambulance

8/7/1917 Rejoined 12th Field Ambulance Unit - France

28/10/1917 To Hospital sick

3/11/1917 Admitted hospital Bethnal

12/11/1917 Gastritis – Admitted to England Embarked for England on “Ville De dieze”

13/11/1917 Admitted to D A Hospital - effects of “GASING”

15/12/1917 Hospital

31/1/1918 Returned to Australia from England

13/4/1918 Disembarked in Melbourne, per “Osterley”

29/4/1918 Admitted to “D A H” - Keswick

28/6/1918 Discharged Medically Unfit (NOT due to misconduct)

***Total service: 3 years, 63 days (service abroad 2 years 304 days).

Last known address West Croydon

DIED: 29/5/1962 (77 years)

CEMETERY:                Centennial Park Cemetery
                                    Section Acacia C, Path CB, Grave 138
Goodwood Road, Pasadena, South Australia.

***NOTE TO RELATIVES: This grave site (at Centennial Park Cemetery) is noted as "expired",
as of 29/5/2012 - please contact the cemetery. ****

MEDALS:
WWI Star 1914-15 (7091); British War medal (5855); Victory medal (22089)
and the 1915 Anzac Medal.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 29 July 2014. Lest we forget.

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