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McCARTHY, Richard Lawrence
(Service number 49156)

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Birth

Date 01/05/1889 Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs P. McCARTHY (sister-in-law), P. O. Box 28, Havelock North
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 27th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Date 12 June 1917
Transport Tahiti
Embarked From Wellington Destination Devonport, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

February/March 1918 admitted to hospital in France, suffering from gun shot wounds.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 19 August 1968 Age 79 yrs
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section; Row 149; Plot 1320
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Patrick & Margaret McCARTHY, of Bluecliffs, Esk Valley, St Andrews, Upper Otaio. Brothers Mark David & Robert Joseph Wilson McCARTHY also served in WWI. On active service with the NZEF at time of father's death on 21 March 1918 (Private R. L. McCarthy). Ex-pupil of Esk Valley School.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [25 September 2013]; TDC headstone image, Timaru Cemetery 25 September 2013]; Timaru Herald, 4 March 1918 (Papers Past) [01 November 2013]; Timaru Herald, 13 April 1918 (Papers Past) [22 September 2013]; NZ BDM (DiA) [01 November 2013]

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