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Jack O'Callaghan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jack AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Callaghan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ426153 AWMM
    • WWII 426153 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 May 1922 RNZAF Biographies (R17845614) Invercargill, Southland RNZAF Biographies (R17845614)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Annie O'Callaghan (mother), Box 87, Lumsden, Southland, New Zealand. AWMM
    • WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. P. O'Callaghan of Lumsden AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Europe (Air) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ426153 AWMM
    • WWII 426153 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Jack O'Callaghan was the son of Patrick O'Callaghan and of Annie O'Callaghan (nee Quinn), of Lumsden Southland, New Zealand.

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.

    Attended Castle Rock School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845614)) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 January 1944 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    United Kingdom, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Northwood Cemetery, Middlesex, England AWMM Sec. H. Grave 452. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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13 November 2021KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher

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