Denis O'CALLAGHAN

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Service Number:	7117
Enlisted:	22 May 1917, Enlisted at Katanning, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Abbey Dorney, Trillee, Kerry, Ireland, 1885
Home Town:	Pingelly, Pingelly, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Carlisle, Western Australia, 30 May 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic area, Section ZE, Grave 0256. Now expired.
Memorials:

22 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7117, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Katanning, WA
24 Jul 1917:	Involvement Private, 7117, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Albany embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
24 Jul 1917:	Embarked Private, 7117, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Albany
29 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
15 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7117, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Next of kin given as his sister Bridget O'Connor of Lissareen, Abby Torney, Kerry, Ireland.

Commenced return to Australia on 30 October 1919 aboard HT Wahehe disembarking on 6 December 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Denis married Margaret Ellen Forbes in Perth, WA