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MCCARTHY, Lawrence Dominic
Personal Details
Service Number: | 422 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 422, Helena Vale, Western Australia | |
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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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