William John O'Callaghan - New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

55374

About

Born in New Zealand

15 November 1888

Parents

Mother

Isabella O'Callaghan

Father

Timothy John O'Callaghan

Residence

Hometown

Huntly

Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Taupiri Coal Mining Company

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 71

14 April 1960

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 188805 W5549 91/0087525, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.69, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “William John O'Callaghan (1888-1960)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, 2025 (2009), Accessed: 16 December 2025. URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/639