Lawrence Norville MCCARTHY

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MCCARTHY, Lawrence Norville

Service Numbers:	VX104484, V40568
Enlisted:	24 July 1942, In the field, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 9 April 1921
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Warehouseman
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 20 May 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 18. Inscription: "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

24 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Private, VX104484, In the field, Victoria
24 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, VX104484, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
25 Jul 1942:	Involvement V40568
20 May 1945:	Involvement Lance Sergeant, VX104484, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, Bougainville

Namesake

Dads mate was Lt. Lawrence Dominic "Fats" McCarthy the father of Lawrence Norville McCarthy, and I was named after Lawrie in respect after he was killed in action. Uncle Mac was also my Godfather, but I never met his son.

RIP..... Laurie J. Marshall.

Submitted 29 April 2019 by Kerry Marshall

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Lawrence Norville McCARTHY was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1921

His parents were Lawrence Dominic McCARTHY and Florence Minnie NORVILLE (also known as Flossie & Polly)

they married on 25th January, 1919 in Somerset, England - he was their only son

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