Joseph MCCARTHY

MCCARTHY, Joseph

Service Numbers: 76, 204
Enlisted: 22 April 1902, Wilston, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born: Drayton, Queensland, Australia, 1877
Home Town: Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Hand
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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Michael McCarthy, Elliott Street, Gatton, Qld.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Joseph McCarthy served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 204 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, and second as a Private S.N. 76 in the 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse. (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 471 & 532; and National Archives Australia Boer War Dossiers).