MCCARTHY, Leo
| Service Numbers: | 4744, NX68904 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy |
| Born: | Demondrille, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Five Dock, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver & Carpenter |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 2 March 1945 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 22, Labuan Memorial |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4744, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4744, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Mar 1941: | Involvement Private, NX68904 | |
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| 5 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX68904, 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy | |
| 2 May 1941: | Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales | |
| 25 Oct 1941: | Involvement Private, NX68904, 2nd/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy, Malaya/Singapore |
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"...NX68904 Driver Leo McCarthy, 2/3rd Motor Ambulance Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force. The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942. Driver McCarthy, aged 44, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 2 March 1945. He was the son of John Weeks McCarthy and Florence McCarthy, and the husband of Adelina McCarthy, of Five Dock, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 22..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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