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O'CALLAGHAN, John Joseph

Service Number:	4573
Enlisted:	17 September 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , August 1896
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Abbotsford Christian Brothers School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 November 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4573, Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4573, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4573, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4573, 6th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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