Portrait of Private (Pte) Alban John Callaghan, 19th Battalion from Seaham, Maitland, NSW. He was ...

Accession Number H05932
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Portrait of Private (Pte) Alban John Callaghan, 19th Battalion from Seaham, Maitland, NSW. He was a 20 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 2 August 1915. While undergoing training, he was taken ill and later died of measles and pneumonia in the No 1 Isolation Hospital at Liverpool Camp, NSW on 19 September 1915. Pte Callaghan is buried in the Morpheth Cemetery, Morpheth, NSW.