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CALLAGHAN, Francis James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 20203 |
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Enlisted: | 29 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia , 9 August 1914 |
Home Town: | Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, Germany, 3 March 1943, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery Plot E Row D Grave 5, Sandgate War Cemetery, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Becklingen War Cemetery, Luneburg, Germany |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes World War 2 Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 20203 | |
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29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 20203 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Francis James Callaghan 20203 and Sergeant Edward Albert Thuell 413285 were killed in the loss of Wirraway aircraft A20-93 from Number 4 Operational Training Unit which crashed near Williamtown Aerodrome, NSW