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Cenotaph record

George Cecil Hansford O'Callaghan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Cecil Hansford AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Callaghan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Callaghan AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 3/15/686 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 March 1913 AWMM Arrowtown, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 50 Kenmure Rd, Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Publican/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr C. O'Callaghan (father), 50 Kenmure Rd, Dunedin AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 3/15/686 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 5 January 1942 Public source Cartage contractor/Civilian Public source
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  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Surname listed as Callaghan on official Ballot List. Not accepted for service on medical grounds in 1939 (eyesight) but accepted in 1942.

    Served with 13 Heavy Regiment, 82 Battery at Taiaroa Head, Otago. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 January 1967 Cemetery Record
    Age 53 AWMM
    Arrowtown, Otago Cemetery Record
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Andersons Bay Cemetery, Andersons Bay, Dunedin AWMM Plot 53, Block 274 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM

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