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MCCARTHY, Joseph
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 76, 204 |
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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).