Major General Cecil Arthur Callaghan

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Photograph H19189
Service number NX34723, N60193
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Brigadier
Birth Date 1890-07-31
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Death Date 1967-01-01
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Gordon
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
  • 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
  • 2nd Australian Field Artillery Battery
  • Royal Australian Artillery
  • 8 Australian Division
  • Headquarters Royal Australian Artillery 8 Division
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1946-08-01
Published in London Gazette in 1915-10-29
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1946-09-12
Published in London Gazette in 1916-01-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1919-12-15
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1945-09-19
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-02-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-03-25
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-04-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-09-12
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-09-15
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

Collection items

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    MOROTOI, 1945-09-12. BRIGADIER C.A. CALLAGHAN, 8TH DIVISION RECOUNTING HIS EXPERIENCES AS A ...

    MOROTAI. 1945-09-12. BRIGADIER C. A. CALLAGHAN, 8TH DIVISION RECOUNTING HIS EXPERIENCES AS A ...

    MOROTAI. 1945-09-12. BRIGADIER C. A. CALLAGHAN, 8TH DIVISION SOON AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM THE ...

    The Honourable W M (Billy) Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, with a group of unidentified ...

    Group portrait of the staff of the 4th Brigade Headquarters, Australian Field Artillery, ...

    PORTRAIT OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL CECIL ARTHUR CALLAGHAN, CMG, DSO, 4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY ...

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    11 July 1919 on page 8827 at position 63
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 October 1919 on page 1654 at position 36

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    03 June 1919 on page 6793 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    15 September 1919 on page 1370 at position 14

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    29 October 1915 on page 10729 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    24 February 1916 on page 456 at position 7

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Second World War POWs and Missing Persons:

    Unit
    Headquarters Royal Australian Artillery 8 Division
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Brigadier

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    28 January 1916 on page 1207 at position 20
    Commonwealth Gazette
    06 April 1916 on page 861 at position 21

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    1st Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8 Australian Division
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Brigadier
    London Gazette
    01 August 1946 on page 3922 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    12 September 1946 on page 2475 at position 11

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8 Australian Division
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Brigadier
    London Gazette
    12 September 1946 on page 4573 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    19 September 1945 on page 2633 at position 1

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    15 December 1919 on page 15578 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    25 March 1920 on page 393 at position 1

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13564 at position 73
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 842 at position 64

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15225 at position 122
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 879 at position 78

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

Timeline

Date of birth 31 July 1890
Date of enlistment 18 August 1914
Date of embarkation 18 October 1914
Date of recommendation honour or award 31 October 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 20 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 29 April 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 03 February 1919
Date returned to Australia 22 July 1919
Date of recommendation honour or award 26 July 1919
Date of recommendation honour or award 27 July 1919
Date of death 01 January 1967

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