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Ronald Patrick Callaghan

  • Service number
    WWII NZ411739 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Ron Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - Grave Plaque
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Callaghan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ron Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - Grave Plaque
  • Service number
    WWII NZ411739 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    29 August 1920 Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - BDM 1986/41436
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 May 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of James & Marguerite Annie CALLAGHAN of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 May 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 May 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    1946 Ronald Patrick GALLAGHAN married Mary O'GRADY Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 January 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    Callaghan spent the remainder of the war in Stalag VIIIB at Lamsdorf. Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - No 75 SQN histroy
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Warrant Officer (W/O) Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - Grave plaque

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • He was a member of the 'Goldfish Club".

      Date and time of ditching, 28/29 July 1942, 0330hrs, Zuider Zee, Netherlands. The cause of the incident was due to night fighter attack. Time spent in water 2 1/2 - 3 hours in Mae West. AWMM
    • Crew members perished when Bomber Command dispatched 256 aircraft 29 July 1942 to bomb Hamburg that night. Because of heavy cloud and bad weather en route to and from the target, only around 70 managed to find and bomb the target with any certainty that they were actually bombing Hamburg. Losses were heavy (39 aircraft) because of the effective German anti-aircraft and night-fighter defences. 75 Squadron’s contribution to the raid consisted of 17 Vickers Wellington Mk III medium bombers from its base at Feltwell. BJ661 was shot down by a night fighter at around 0300hrs on its return journey to Feltwell (about 5 hours into the mission) and crashed into the Ijsselmeer in the Netherlands. Three of the crew died, but two were captured and became Prisoners of War. SGT Callaghan was captured. Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - NZ Remembrance Army and For your tomorrow VOL 3 by Errol Martyn
    • Callaghan spent the remainder of the war in Stalag VIIIB at Lamsdorf. Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - 75 SQN History
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    1 August 1986 Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    66 Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Gisborne Cemetery Burial Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA 34, Plot 219. Public - John - Researcher - 31 July 2022 - Cemetery Records
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • Goldfish Club, New Zealand Branch. The Goldfish Club: Roll of Honour 1954 - 2003. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2004/32. AWMM

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26 January 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
31 July 2022JohnMotuekaResearcher

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