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MCCARTIN, Leo Aloysius
Personal Details
Service Number: | 517 |
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Enlisted: | 15 March 1915, Was a Colour Sergeant in local cadets and ..... |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Geelong, Victoria. Australia, October 1894 |
Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
Schooling: | St Marys Private School, Geelong, Victoria |
Occupation: | Draper |
Died: | Kllied in Action - sniper, Derleville - 6km from Bray, France, 18 August 1918 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Memorials: | Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Waurn Ponds Shire of South Barwon Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 517, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Was a Colour Sergeant in local cadets and ..... | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 517, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 517, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
11 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
14 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
22 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
18 Aug 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-18 | |
27 Nov 1918: | Honoured Military Cross, At Lavievaile on 9/4/1918, for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of the battalion signals. Owing to an intense hostile bombardment all telephone wires to the firing line were cut. Without hesitation he collected a party of runners, and led them over the open to a point where he endeavoured to establish a lamp station. Failing in this owing to fog, he pushed on across the shell swept zone, and remained there repairing wire, regardless of personal danger, thereby enabling his commanding officer to keep in touch with the most advanced outposts |
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