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Arrived in Australia aged 20 years. At the time of enlistment he was residing in Gundagai, NSW

Son of Alexander and Maggie McCullough of Newry Road, Gilford, Ireland

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Died Between 06/08/1915 and 09/08/1915

4th Battalion, G Company, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was 26 and the son of Alexander and Maggie McCullough, of Newry Rd., Gilford, County Down, Ireland.

Enlistment date-26 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-6 August 1914
Place of enlistment-Sydney, New South Wales
 
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/21/1

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914

Age at embarkation 25

 
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Sources-NAA: B2455, McCULLOUGH James

He is remembered on the Gilford War Memorial,Allan's Corner, Gilford, County Armagh, Ireland.

County Armagh (named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the traditional counties of Ireland and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland.

The war memorial in Gilford remembers those from the village and nearby townlands who gave their lives in both World War One and Two.

The Gilford War Memorial stands at what locals know as Allan's Corner. BT63 6DJ

This corner is the junction of main roads to Gilford, Banbridge and Tandragee. Mr. James F Wright oversaw the placing of the memorial.

Mrs. Upritchard of Elmfield Castle, Gilford, Co. Down unveiled the memorial commemorating those who died in World War One. Of around 400 men from the town, 62 gave their lives and are remembered on the granite tablet inlaid with marble. An inscription reads:

To the memory of our Fallen Heroes.

Address:

Mill Street

Junction with Banbridge Road (A50)

Gilford

Banbridge

BT63 6DJ

Northern Ireland

Shortly after the outbreak of war the Gilford and District Comforts Fund for Soldiers and Sailors was formed, and later the Gilford and District Prisoners of War Fund. Subsequent to the signing of the Armistice the activities of these funds came to an end, and it was decided to apply the balance of the money on hand to the erection of a tablet to perpetuate the memories of those who were called upon to lay down their lives. This money was augmented by local collections.The unveiling ceremony of Gilford War Memorial, which has been erected to the memory of the brave men from the district who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War, was performed by Mrs Upritchard, Elmfield Castle. About 400 men from the locality served with the colours, and of this number 62 lost their lives. The tablet is composed of granite, inlaid with white marble panels, and the names, 62 in number, engraved in the marble and filled with lead. The background is of solid masonry, with a stone finish.

James MCCULLOUGH, (Service Number 632) was born about August 1889 at Gilford, County Down, Ireland. He worked as a labourer in the Permanent Way Section of the NSW Railways.

McCullough enlisted at Sydney on 26th August 1914. He gave his father, who was still living in Ireland as his next of kin, and claimed four years’ experience in the R.I.R. (Royal Irish Rifles?) as military experience. He was allotted to the 4th Battalion and embarked HMAT ‘Euripides’ at Sydney on 20th October 1914.

He was wounded at Gallipoli with a gunshot to the shoulder on 1st May 1915 and evacuated to the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria. He was then transferred to the 16th Stationary Hospital. The injury cannot have been too severe for he returned to duty on 23rd June and to Gallipoli on 30th June.

He was killed in action between 6th and 9th August 1915 (probably at the Battle of Lone Pine).

He was  ‘Presumed buried in JOHNSTONE’S JOLLY CEMETERY, Anzac Gallipoli. Headstone tablet to be erected’.

- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.