Francis O'CALLAGHAN

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Service Number:	2473
Enlisted:	3 December 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Terang, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Deniliquin General Cemetery
Memorials:	Deniliquin War Memorial

3 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2473, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
6 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 2473, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacCorquodale embarkation_ship_number: A6 public_note: ''
6 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 2473, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Clan MacCorquodale, Melbourne
8 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2473, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Bartholomew O'Callaghan and Mary O'Callaghan nee Griffin of Terang, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his brother William O'Callaghan of Deniliquin, NSW,

Commenced return to Australia on 15 June 1919 aboard HT Essex disembarking on 25 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Francis married Mary Geraldine Cody