MCCALLAM, John Joseph
| Service Number: | 2606 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers Queensland, Australia, June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Boynedale, Gladstone, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Duodenal ulcer, Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 9 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Durrington Cemetery (Grave No. 218), Wiltshire, Durrington Cemetery, Durrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2606, 3rd Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2606, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2606, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne |
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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/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 9th March.... John Joseph McCallam was born at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia around 1891. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 5th January, 1916 as a 24 year old, single, Labourer from Littlemore Siding, Boyne Valley Line, Queensland.
Private McCallam embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Port Melbourne (A16) on 21st October, 1916 with 4th Reinforcements of 3rd Pioneer Battalion & disembarked at Devonport, England on 28th December, 1916 where he would receive further training before being sent to the War Front.
Private McCallam was posted to Pioneer Infantry Training Battalion at Larkhill, Wiltshire from Australia.
Private John Joseph McCallum was admitted to Hospital on 1st January, 1917 for observation, seriously ill, as it was not yet determined his illness.
Private John Joseph McCallum died at 9.40 p.m. on 9th March, 1917 at Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire from a Duodenal Ulcer.
He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire England where 140 other WW1 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/k---mc.html
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