Thomas Leslie Roy MCCARTHY

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MCCARTHY, Thomas Leslie Roy

Service Numbers:	V196038, 117624
Enlisted:	19 January 1942, Area 29A, Collingwood, Vic.
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 24 November 1923
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wood Machinist
Died:	Natural Causes, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 17 June 2003, aged 79 years
Cemetery:	Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria LAWN.K.16.17
Memorials:	Victorian Garden of Remembrance

World War 2 Service

19 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V196038, 59th Infantry Battalion, Area 29A, Collingwood, Vic.
20 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 117624, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF), Melbourne, Vic.
19 May 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V196038
15 Apr 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 117624

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas Henry McCARTHY, 73 Bell Street, Fitzroy, Vic.

Biography contributed by michelle borserio

Son of Thomas Henry McCARTHY and Ruby Ethel McCARTHY (born Andrew)

Was born in Ballarat. One of 5 chicldren. His mum Ruby passed in 1940 and as a result he enlisted as his siblings had to go to the Ballarat orphanage for a short time. He would visit them regularly in the time they were there. Eventually his dad remarried and he himself went to live with Thomas & Elsie (who was second mum to all) with the other children in Melbourne.

He was a wood turner by trade and eventually met and married after returning to his birthplace of Ballarat, Victoria.

He lived and worked the rest of his life in Ballarat and is buried there with his wife Edna.

He also worked as a publican quite regularly in Ballarat.

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