MCCARTHY, Patrick Joseph
| Service Number: | 3036 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, 16 November 1880 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 27 March 1938, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-53. 63. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 3036, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
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| 25 Sep 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 3036, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 3036, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 3036, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, 2nd MD |
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From Gary Mitchell
Resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
82 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 27th March 1938, Gunner Patrick Joseph McCarthy, 1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Column Headquarters, driver and fruit vendor from 74 King Street, Newcastle, New South Wales and 2 Phoebe Street, Islington, N.S.W. and 19 Porcher Street, Newcastle, N.S.W. and 402 King Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., father of four, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 57. CATHOLIC 2-53. 63.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166703044 - funeral notice states service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133640043
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 16th November 1880 to Martin John and Annie McCarthy; husband of Catherine Jane McCarthy nee Woodland (married 1901, Wickham, N.S.W., died?), also Ivy Irene McCarthy nee Kelly (married 1921, died 1975, 37 years a widow), Patrick enlisted August 1914 at Sydney, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182495789
Admitted to hospital 29.7.1915 with enteric fever, Mr McCarthy returned home April 1916 medically unfit.
I have not located his name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Also served Boer War.
Younger brother Herbert (Reg No-378, 17th Battalion, born 1893?, died 1950) also resting at the cemetery, unmarked grave (cross to be erected).
Many thanks to Michelle Foster for her family history research with the McCarthy family.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=444472#2
Lest We Forget.
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