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Military service
Service number:
1054453
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Birth:
October 1, 1893
Sunderland, England
Enlistment:
October 4, 1916
Montreal, Québec
Death:
August 10, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. D. 23.
Additional information
Son of James Callaghan and Mary Saul his wife; husband of Catherine McKenna (formerly Callaghan), of Liverpool, England.
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British Home Children Roll of Honour
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Grave Marker
I travelled from Ottawa with the Sons of Scotland Pipeband. We lay poppies at all the graves in this cemetery. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Cabana to Campling. Microform Sequence 17; Volume Number 31829_B016726. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 161. Page 251 of 1024. -
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Memorial
Richard Patrick Callaghan British home child -
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Richard Patrick Callaghan British home child -
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Richard Patrick Callaghan
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Private Richard Patrick Callaghan
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Private Richard Patrick Callaghan
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Patrick Callaghan
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Patrick Callaghan
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Patrick Callaghan
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Patrick Callaghan
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Patrick Callaghan
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Private Richard Patrick Callaghan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 379 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ROSIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
Rosieres is a village about 32 kilometres east of Amiens and 7.5 kilometres south of the main road from Amiens to St Quentin. From Peronne take the N17 towards Roye. Travel for approximately 7 kilometres to Villers Carlonne then turn right towards Amiens on the N29. Travel for 13 kilometres then turn left on the D329 towards Rosieres, then take the D28 towards Caix. Follow the signs for the communal cemetery which is situated on the northern side of the village.
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