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O'CALLAGHAN, Richard Patrick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX13568 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/5th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 6 July 1922 |
| Home Town: | Winkie, Berri and Barmera, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Winkie School |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver |
| Died: | Prostrate Cancer, Morgan, South Australia, 5 February 2005, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 5 Jul 1941: | Involvement Driver, SX13568 | |
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| 5 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 5 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX13568, 2nd/5th Field Ambulance | |
| 31 Jan 1947: | Discharged | |
| 31 Jan 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX13568, 2nd/5th Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr and Mrs T.H. O'CALLAGHAN of 10 York Street, Kensington, SA. Educated at Winkie, River Murray, and gained his Q.C. he was fond of sport and played football. In civil life he worked on Fruit Blocks in the River Murray for several years and then went to Richards Body Works and later as a driver for Bulter McHugh. He enlisted in July 1941 and served in the Middle East in Palestine and Syria.
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