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McCarthy, Bertram (355)

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Place of Birth: St Arnaud, VIC

Age: 28 years 4 months

Enlistment Details: Monday, 4 January 1915 – Bendigo, VIC

Service Number: 355            view online service record

Address:
All England Eleven Hotel
corner Rouse & Princes Streets,
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Hugh McCarthy (father)
All England Eleven Hotel
corner Rouse & Princes Streets,
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Friday, 28 May 1915
Ship: HMAT Persic A34
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 13th Light Horse Regiment

Fate:
DOW: Sunday, 19 September 1915
Place: Gallipoli Peninsula

Bertram McCarthy. AWM DA08276.

Brother: Raymond McCarthy

Trooper, 13 Light Horse, died of wounds 19 September, 1915, Gallipoli, aged 28, commemorated Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli.

Parents: Hugh (late) and Mrs Annie McCARTHY, Born St Arnaud. Enlisted in Bendigo as a 28-year-old labourer giving his father c/o All England Hotel, Port Melbourne as next of kin. His mother is later listed in Princes and Graham streets, it is not clear whether his father was still living. Brother, 3819, Raymond McCARTHY enlisted from 76 Princess Street, two other brothers, two married sisters.

Additional research by Brian Membrey

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