John Thomas MCCARTHY

MCCARTHY, John Thomas

    Service Numbers: 779, V352461
    Enlisted: 20 February 1915, Taken on strength at Broadmeadows Camp Depot.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 6th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
    Born: Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 10 December 1893
    Home Town: Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 6 April 1956, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria
    Section: Roman Catholic | Row: 40 | Grave: 807 (EAS-RC-40-807-807)

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    World War 1 Service

    20 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 779, 24th Infantry Battalion, Taken on strength at Broadmeadows Camp Depot.
    20 Mar 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to C Coy, 24th Infantry Battalion.
    10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 779, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 779, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    10 Jun 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Arrived at Alexandria, Egypt for further training.
    4 Sep 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, 24th Battalion went ashore at Gallipoli.
    9 Jan 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 779, 24th Infantry Battalion, 24th Battalion embarked for return to Egypt.
    10 Jan 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked at Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt.
    20 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 779, 24th Infantry Battalion, Unit embarked for Etaples, France to join the BEF.
    26 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Unit arrived in Etaples, Pas-de-Calais, France.
    5 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 779, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Wounded in action and evacuated to 1st Anzac Rest Station, France, suffering from Neurasthenia (shell shock).
    3 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 4th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, England.
    21 Jul 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 779, 24th Infantry Battalion, Boarded HMAT A14 "Eripides" in London, for return to Australia.
    20 Oct 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 779, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged from AIF at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

    World War 2 Service

    23 Mar 1942: Enlisted Private, V352461, 6th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
    18 Oct 1945: Discharged Private, V352461, 6th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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