MCCARTHY, Thomas
Service Number: | 1805 |
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Enlisted: | 20 April 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland , 1889 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Christian Brothers College, Drogheda, Ireland |
Occupation: | Seaman |
Died: | Died of wounds - gunshot wounds to the loin, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 October 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Embarkation Pier Cemetery Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 49 Chaplain E. Merrington Headstone inscription reads: He died for King & Empire sweet heart of Jesus have mercy on him. Inscribed “Believed to be buried in this cemetery’, Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
20 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1805, 27th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia | |
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23 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1805, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
23 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1805, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
27th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 28 and the son of Thomas and Mary McCarthy, of 20, Francis St., Drogheda, Ireland and sometime of 15 North Wall, Dublin, Ireland.
Age on arrival in Australia-23
Enlistment date-20 April 1915
Place of enlistment-Keswick, South Australia
Age at embarkation-26.
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/44/2
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A61 Kanowna on 23 June 1915.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli.
NAA: B2455, McCARTHY Thomas
He is remembered, along with two other Australian casualties on the Great War Memorial in Mary Street, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas and Mary McCarthy of 20 Francis Street, Drogheda, Ireland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Royal Navy Reserve