MCCARTHY, John Joseph
| Service Number: | 395 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 395 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 395, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 13 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 395, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks, Bk 2 p. 172, notes discharged in South Africa on 13 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When John Joseph McCarthy enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as J. McCarthy, No. 3 Pembroke Cottages, Booter's Town, County Dublin, Ireland. In the original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his father.
In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 172, it is noted he was discharged in South Africa in May 1902, its assumed to allow him to take up employment there.
(source- AWM Boer War Nomina Roll, Murray p.517; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks, Bk 2 p. 172).
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