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MCCARTHY, Lawrence Dominic

Service Number:	422
Enlisted:	23 September 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion
Born:	York, Western Australia, 21 January 1892
Home Town:	York, York, Western Australia
Schooling:	Clontarf Orphanage School
Occupation:	Contractor
Died:	Natural causes, Heidelberg Repat Hospital, Victoria, 25 May 1975, aged 83 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated
Memorials:	John Hamilton VC Pictorial Honour Roll, Keith Payne VC Memorial Park, North Bondi War Memorial, Winchelsea WWI Memorial, York District Honour Board, York War Memorial

World War 1 Service

23 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 422, Helena Vale, Western Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 422, 16th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 422, 16th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 422, 16th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli
13 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion
19 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion
1 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 422, 16th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
8 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 16th Infantry Battalion
2 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, SN 422, 16th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, GSW (left arm)
10 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion
23 Aug 1918:	Honoured Victoria Cross, "The Last Hundred Days"

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