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MCCARTHY, William Sydney

Service Numbers:	1583, 1327
Enlisted:	24 November 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 13 February 1891
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

24 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1583, Liverpool, New South Wales
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1583, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1583, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
2 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1327, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1327 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-02

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