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MCCARTHY, John Francis

Service Number:	2707
Enlisted:	6 August 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Laverton, Melbourne Victoria, 1892
Home Town:	Pomborneit, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Pomborneit State School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 29 November 1916
Cemetery:	Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Plot II, Row B, Grave 14, Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camperdown War Memorial

World War 1 Service

6 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2707, 29th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2707, 29th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A68' Anchises from Melbourne on 14th March 1916.
29 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2707, 29th Infantry Battalion, Died of wounds

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Jeremiah and Mary McCARTHY. Native of Pomborneit, Victoria, Australia.