Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Corporal D. McCallum, Australian Forces

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (2/400806 D. Mc.Callum) officially re-impressed naming; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (2/8081 D. Mc.Callum.); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (2/400806 D. Mc.Callum.); South Korean War Service Medal, the reverse engraved ‘D. Mc.Callum 2/400806’; together with a Commemorative Medal for the 50th Anniversary of the end of the Korean War 2953-2003 (2/400806 D. Mc.Callum) mounted as worn in this order, generally good very fine (5) £160-£200

David McCallum was born at Cessnock, New South Wales, on 29 November 1919 and enlisted into the Royal Australian Air Force on 8 September 1942. He served with 43 Squadron, as a mechanic working on Catalina flying boats, and was promoted Corporal on 15 January 1945. He was discharged on 30 July 1946 (entitled to Defence and War Medals, and Australia Service Medal).

McCallum enlisted into the Australian Regular Army in 1950 and was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on 20 December 1951. He served with 3 R.A.R. in Korea from 5 August to 3 December 1952, before being evacuated to Japan suffering from sickness, and returned to Australia in March 1953. He subsequently served in the Bomb Disposal Section, Royal Australian Engineers, and was posted to both the Solomon Islands and Penang, Malaya. His final posting was with the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as a fitter at the Base Ordnance Depot, and he was discharged on 12 April 1961. He subsequently re-enlisted into the Royal Australian Air Force.

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