Henry Francis O'CALLAGHAN

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O'CALLAGHAN, Henry Francis

Service Number:	3429
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Edenhope, Victoria, 1 May 1890
Home Town:	Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Builders Labourer
Died:	Murray Bridge, 11 January 1969, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Murray Bridge (Adelaide Road) Cemetery, S.A. Section RSL Burials; Plot/Grave 104 Ministered by Father Honner.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3429, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3429, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
19 Jun 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Described on enlisting as 25years 3months old; married; 1 child; 5’9 ½” tall; 134 lbs; dark complexion; hazel eyes; dark hair; Roman Catholic

Father Henry O'Callaghan and Mother Edith (nee_______), lived at corner of Lipson Street and Junction Road, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Wife: Florence Anne (nee _______) O’Callaghan and one child (Henry John O’Callaghan).

Attestation statement for pension – Henry had two children:-
Henry John O’Callaghan and Eva Elizabeth Millicent O’Callaghan (new address Pompoota).

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

4755    Patrick Henebery O’Callaghan
            30years old a Railway Porter   from Lipson St, Port Adelaide enlisted 27/4/1915
            (returned to Australia in 1918)
            Died 29/5/1962 (72 years old) - Centennial Park Cemetery, Goodwood

2/8/1915 Completed medical – fit for service

16/8/1915 Enlisted in Adelaide

16/8/1915 Commanding Officer – appointed Henry to Base Infantry Depot, Mitcham

16-31/8/1915 “E” Company Depot Battalion, Mitcham Camp

1/9/1915 "A" Company, 3rd Depot Battalion

27/10/1915 Embarked from Adelaide on HMAT A24 Benalla in the 10th Infantry Battalion

17/2/1916 Fractured Leg - Admitted to No. 3 Auxillary Hospital – Cairo, Egypt

11/3/1916 Fractured Leg Admitted to No. 1 Auxillary Hospital – Cairo, Egypt

11/4/1916 Return to Australia per Runie from Suez, Egypt (due to fractured leg)

19/6/1916 Discharged 4th Military District
Medically unfit (NOT due to misconduct).

Total service: 309 days.

Medals:
WWI Star 1914-15 (8258); British War medal (6170); Victory medal (1207)

Last known address 18 Gray Street, Murray Bridge

DIED: 12/1/1969 (78 years)

CEMETERY:                 Murray Bridge Cemetery (buried with wife Florence Anne)
                                    Section RSL Burials; Plot/Grave 104
                                    Ministered by Father Honner.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 31 July 2014. Lest we forget.

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