Joseph McCullough

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McCULLOUGH, Joseph

Service no: 1438A [1]

Place of birth: Belfast, Ireland

Address: 22 Hill Street, Orange

Occupation: Labourer

Next of kin: Isabella McCullough (mother), 22 Hill Street, Orange

Date of enlistment: 24 November 1914

Place of enlistment: Liverpool

Age at enlistment: 25

Fate: Embarked HMAT A48 Seang Bee, Sydney, 11 February 1915. Joined Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 12 April 1915. Reported missing in action 2 June 1915. Declared killed in action 3 May 1915 according to the Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry dated 6 April 1916.

Date of death: 3 May 1915

Buried: No known grave


Joseph McCullough was born in Belfast in about 1889, the third son of William McCullough, a builder, and his wife Isabella.

When WWI broke out Joseph was living in the family home in Hill Street in Orange, and working as a labourer. He enlisted in November 1914 and embarked from Sydney in February the following year. Joseph served as a private in the 13th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements in Gallipoli.

Private McCullough was officially reported missing in action on 2 June 1915; his mother was not advised of this until 16 August 1915, over two months later. A Court of Inquiry held in April 1916 revised his status to “Killed in action on 3 May 1915”. Joseph has no known grave. His name appears on Panel 38 of Memorial Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.

Joseph was the 10th person from Orange to die in WWI; he died the same day as William Daniel McCarthy.

The following tribute appeared on p. 6 of the Sydney Morning Herald on 1 June 1916. It was inserted by W. and K. McCullough.

He once was dead, the very same

Who made the worlds, a work of power,

Who now upholds the mighty frame,

And keeps it till the final hour.

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