MCCARTHY, Charles Harold
| Service Number: | 512 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grenfell, NSW, 24 June 1913 |
| Home Town: | Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Grenfell Public School, St Patrick's College Goulburn |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 12 June 1917, aged 3 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais I S 15 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Grenfell Great War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 512, 36th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 512, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 512, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
CHARLES HAROLD McCARTHY, the son of Mr. Walton Frederick and Mrs. Katherine McCarthy, was born at Grenfell on 24th June, 1893.
He was educated at the Public School, Grenfell, and St. Patrick’s College, Goulburn, and joined the service of the Bank at Junee on 28th May, 1913.
He enlisted in January, 1916, with “Carmichael’s First Thousand,” with whom he proceeded to France as a member of the 36th Battalion.
Private McCarthy had volunteered for service as a Lewis machine gunner, and after fighting for five days at the Battle of Messines without receiving a wound, he was killed on 11th June, 1917, by a high explosive shell just as his company was ordered into a dugout for a rest.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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