MCCARTHY, John Francis
| Service Number: | NX7195 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Headquarters Staff |
| Born: | Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1903 |
| Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 26 November 1943, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Major, NX7195 | |
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| 23 Oct 1939: | Enlisted | |
| 23 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, NX7195 | |
| 26 Nov 1943: | Involvement Major, NX7195, Headquarters Staff, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Lodestar aircraft VH-CAB operated by Qantas Empire Airways (QEA) for the Allied Directorate of Air Transport crashed shortly after take-off from Wards airstrip near Port Moresby, New Guinea with all on board killed. Australian service personnel buried at Bomana -
McCARTHY, John Francis (Major) NX7195 (2nd Echelon Land HQ)
BOLGER, John Benedict (Lieutenant Colonel) NX462 (2/6th Field Regiment)
MARSTON, Edward John (Lieutenant Colonel) VX39064 (HQ 11 Australian Division)
CAMPBELL, William Geoffrey (Squadron Leader) RAAF 261730 (Qantas Captain - Pilot)
HENDERSON, John Randolph Fleming (Pilot Officer) RAAF 410863 (Qantas First Officer)
LITTLE, Keith George (Flying Officer) RAAF 267726 (Qantas Engineer)
EVAN, Neil Grosvenor (Flight Sergeant) RAAF 417064 (Wireless Operator)
JENKE, Leslie Harold (Flight Sergeant) RAAF 8868 (Equipment Assistant)