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Sergeant WILLIAM JAMES CALLAGHAN

Service Number: 981131
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

12 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1942

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY

Plot 85. Row C. Coll. grave 17.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Kathleen Callaghan (nee Haddock) of Lurgan, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription YOU WERE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS
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