Callaghan Joseph Terence Pte 4457179
Personnel Entry
Name Callaghan Joseph Terence
Army number 4457179
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death).Not yet known.
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.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
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.
Prisoner of War Yes - held in Stalag 8F. PoW Number 2596.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address (To include family and marital details where possible). No details available as yet.
Source table 1TS
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