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{{Personnel
|id=1429
|Surname and forenames=Callaghan Joseph Terence
|Army number=4457179
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Prisoner of War=8F, 2596
|Home address=Caravan, Foundry Yard, Bellingham, Hexham
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Army number=4457179
 |Rank=Private.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Posted to the 12th Battalion - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940.  Posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940.  Returned to the UK at the end of hostilities.  Posted to the ? Battalion Black Watch.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 22/12/45 as unfit for further military service.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 18/9/1939.  Posted to the 12th Battalion.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940.  Posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War - at Arras - on 20/5/1940.  Returned to the UK at the end of hostilities.  Posted to the ? Battalion Black Watch.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 22/12/45 as unfit for further military service.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - held in Stalag 8F.  PoW Number 2596.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - held in; Camp XXIB - Posen - June to September 1940, Camp XXIA Shilsburg - September 1940 to May 1941,  Camp 344/ Stalag 8F - Lamsdorf May 1941 - January 1945.    Work Camp  in Silesia March 1944 - January 1945 - Factory Labouring.  PoW Number 2596.  On 1/3/1945 he escaped from Lautensdorf with Jack Acon (probably a relative) and they made their way to the American lines on 11/5/1945.
-|Home address=Caravan, Foundry Yard, Bellingham, Hexham
+|Home address=Father - Frederick Callaghan 1882 - 1943. mother - Janet Acon (1881 - 1927).  Married Marion E. Dinsdale in Newcastle in 1945.  Lived at Caravan, Foundry Yard, Bellingham, Hexham.  Also lived at 8, Canning Street, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne.
 |Source table=1TS
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Born 18/3/1919 at Newcastle upon Tyne - mother's maiden surname Acon.  Baptised 6/4/1919 at St Joseph's RC Church Benwell.  Godparents Joseph Muldoon and Lucy Angus.
-|Age=(At the time of his death).Not yet known.
+|Age=58 At the time of his death.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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 |Joined Brigade=On being posted to the 12th Battalion DLI.
 |Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=Not so far as is known, but the War Office daily Casualty List number 58 listed Private Callaghan (though incorrectly spelt as Callachan) as being dangerously ill - dated 16/11/1939 while he was still with 12th DLI.
+|Wounded=Not so far as is known, but the War Office daily Casualty List number 58 listed Private Callaghan (though incorrectly spelt as Callachan) as being dangerously ill - dated 16/11/1939 while he was still with 12th DLI.  He was still suffering from Peritonitis at the time of his capture in May 1940 and subsequently had Surgery.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 4/10/1977 at Winlaton Mill, County Durham.  Probate granted at Newcastle Registry 28/10/1977.
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 |Army number=4457179
 |Rank=Private.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Posted to the 12th Battalion - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940.  Posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940.  Returned to the UK.  Posted to the ? Battalion Black Watch.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 22/12/45 as unfit for further military service.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Posted to the 12th Battalion - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940.  Posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940.  Returned to the UK at the end of hostilities.  Posted to the ? Battalion Black Watch.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 22/12/45 as unfit for further military service.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - held in Stalag 8F.  PoW Number 2596.
 |Home address=Caravan, Foundry Yard, Bellingham, Hexham
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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known, but the War Office daily Casualty List number 58 listed Private Callaghan (though incorrectly spelt as Callachan) as being dangerously ill - dated 16/11/1939 while he was still with 12th DLI.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
 }}

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Discharged KRs 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 22/12/45.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Prisoner of War, Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Discharged KRs 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 22/12/45.
 |Prisoner of War=8F, 2596
 |Home address=Caravan, Foundry Yard, Bellingham, Hexham
 |Source table=1TS
 }}