Thomas MCCARTHY

MCCARTHY, Thomas

Service Number: 1805
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
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World War 1 Service

20 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1805, 27th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia
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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Biography 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.

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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