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MCCARTHY, David Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | 425 |
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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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 425, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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