David Joseph MCCARTHY

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Service Number:	425
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia , 1879
Home Town:	Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 425, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 425, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 425, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane

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Son of Michael and Bridget McCarthy of Elliott Street, Woolloongabba, QLD. Brother of Jerimiah Joseph McCarthy of Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, QLD

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal