Ronald Francis MCCARTHY

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MCCARTHY, Ronald Francis

Service Number:	NX156693
Enlisted:	28 February 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 28 February 1924
Home Town:	Glebe, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental bomb explosion, Moora Western Australia, 15 March 1943, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Plot N. Row B. Grave 5., Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moora Australia Remembers 4th Infantry Battalion Memorial

World War 2 Service

28 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX156693, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Ronald Francis McCarthy (1924-1943)

Ronald McCarthy had enlisted into the Militia's 4th Infantry Battalion, originally a NSW-based unit. See Unit history HERE (/explore/units/999)

He was one of fourteen soldiers of the 4th Infantry Battalion killed on 15th March 1943 near the Battalion camp outside of Moora. They were killed when a mortar bomb, being closely examined by the group, exploded, killing all of them.

The funeral took place at Moora Cemetery on 16th March, 1943. The bodies were transferred to Karrakatta Cemetery after the cessation of the war.

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