Claude CALLAGHAN

Regimental number23141
OccupationBlacksmith
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Callaghan, 24 Chaucer Road, Napier
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Alice Callaghan, 613 Heretaunga Street, Hastings, Napier
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 35