Historical information

This is the funeral Order of Service for Les O' Callaghan. Born in Balmoral Victoria, he came to Warrnambool in 1932 to study at the Warrnambool Technical School. He worked for forty years in the laboratory as a microbiologist in the Kraft Cheese Factory based at the Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory in Allansford . His research work here formed the basis of the Department of Agriculture guidelines for dairy production in Victoria. He was a noted Warrnambool historian and was President of the Warrnambool and District Historical Society for forty years.

Significance

This item is a memento of Les O Callaghan a prominent 20th century identity in Warrnambool.

Physical description

A sheet of white paper folded in two to make four pages. There are three photographs and black printing. Two of the pages have black edging.

Inscriptions & markings

A Celebration of the life of Leslie Alexander O'Callaghan 1st August 1918 -26th November 2014