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William Findley CALLUM

Regimental number1314A
Place of birthBedlam Croft, New Den Parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
SchoolMonquhitten Public School, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMechanic
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, W Callum, Commercial Hotel, Cuminestown Aberdeen, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed in Civil Service Cadets, London, England
Enlistment date4 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 13 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1314
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 October 1916
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBedford House Cemetery (Plot I, Row V, Grave No. 5), Enclosure No. 4 (Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
75
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Jeannie CALLUM, 167 Clifton Road, Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland. Born at Auchriddie, Aberdeenshire

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