Eric Harvey MCCARTHY

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MCCARTHY, Eric Harvey

Service Number:	80427
Enlisted:	5 March 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	RAAF Darwin
Born:	Subiaco, Western Australia , 3 March 1916
Home Town:	Harvey, Harvey, Western Australia
Schooling:	State School, Western Australia (6th Standard)
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Livingstone Airfield, Livingstone, Northern Territory, Australia, 23 November 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT F.D.4., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Harvey War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 80427
5 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 80427, 4 Recruit Depot (RAAF)
5 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Ground Training Schools
5 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 80427
23 May 1942:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Ground Training Schools
4 Dec 1942:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, No. 4 Aircraft Depot Kalgoorlie
21 Feb 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
21 Jun 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, RAAF Darwin, Number 1 Radio Installation & Maintenance Unit (1RIMU)
23 Nov 1943:	Involvement Leading Aircraftman, RAAF Station Darwin, Number 1 Radio Installation & Maintenance Unit (1RIMU)
23 Nov 1943:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 80427, RAAF Darwin, Killed in Ground Accident.

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Henry and Elizabeth McCarthy

Husband of Elsie Joyce McCarthy of Harvey, WA

Flying Officer Charles Henry Bell 118432 & Leading Aircraftman Eric Harvey McCarthy 80427 were killed when Spitfire BS300 veered off the runway during take-off from Livingstone Field, Darwin, NT and collided with their vehicle. Both men were from Number 1 Radio Installation & Maintenance Unit (1RIMU), 44 Radar Wing. The pilot, FLGOFF Gould 404062 of Number 457 Squadron, was uninjured.

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