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McANDREW, George Neil![]() Service no 6475
Sapper 4th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. Killed in action at Zonnebeke, Belgium, on 26 September 1917 Aged 23 years www.awm.gov.au P09354.001 |
McAULLAY, Ernest William
McCAIG, Charles snr.
McCAIG, Charles jnr.
McCALL, William John
McCALLUM, Daniel
McCALLUM, Morris
McCANN, Edward
McCANN, James
McCANN, John
McCANN, Thomas
McCARTHY, Gerald Valentine Patrick
McCARTHY, John William![]() Service no 5386
Private 16th Battalion Killed in action at Mouquet Farm, France Aged 21 years Commemorated Villers Bretonneux Memorial www.awm.gov.au P06876.001 |
McCARTHY, Joseph Patrick
Age at enlistment 22. 8 years
Enlistment date 23 September 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
Next of kin Brother J.McCarthy, Lion Mills, Western Australia
Embarkation details After training at Blackboy Hill, WA embarked with unit from Melbourne, Victoria on board ‘Cermaic’ 22 February 1914
War Service Took part in the Landing of Gallipoli and served in France
Medals Awarded the Frence cruix de guerre on the 11 February 1917 for his actions in France and also suffered a gunshot wound to the arm
Awarded the Victoria Cross 23 August 1918 for his actions at Madame Wood, near Vermandovillers, France
During an action the British were held up by heavy machine-gun fire which threatened the 16th’s flank. McCarthy decided to attack the nearest post, which he and Sergeant F.J. Robbins, DCM, MM, succeeded in reaching after a dash across fire-racked, open ground. They captured the machine gun and continued to fight down the trench, inflicting heavy casualties and capturing three more machine guns, until contact was made with the 16th Lancashire Fusiliers. McCarthy, during his advance, had killed twenty enemy and captured five machine guns and fifty prisoners. When he jumped into the last trench the surrendering Germans closed in on him from all sides, took his revolver, patted him on the back and then allowed him to lead them back to the Australian lines. He handed over 500 metres of captured trench to the British. This feat was described in the official history as being, next to Jacka’s at Pozieres, perhaps the most effective individual feat in the history of the AIF.
Returned to Australia on board H.T. Runic 30 December 1919.
Died 25 May 1975, Victoria.
Commemorated. Plaque at Springvale Crematorium, Victoria
Courtesy of Joy Dalgleish
Enlistment date 23 September 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
Next of kin Brother J.McCarthy, Lion Mills, Western Australia
Embarkation details After training at Blackboy Hill, WA embarked with unit from Melbourne, Victoria on board ‘Cermaic’ 22 February 1914
War Service Took part in the Landing of Gallipoli and served in France
Medals Awarded the Frence cruix de guerre on the 11 February 1917 for his actions in France and also suffered a gunshot wound to the arm
Awarded the Victoria Cross 23 August 1918 for his actions at Madame Wood, near Vermandovillers, France
During an action the British were held up by heavy machine-gun fire which threatened the 16th’s flank. McCarthy decided to attack the nearest post, which he and Sergeant F.J. Robbins, DCM, MM, succeeded in reaching after a dash across fire-racked, open ground. They captured the machine gun and continued to fight down the trench, inflicting heavy casualties and capturing three more machine guns, until contact was made with the 16th Lancashire Fusiliers. McCarthy, during his advance, had killed twenty enemy and captured five machine guns and fifty prisoners. When he jumped into the last trench the surrendering Germans closed in on him from all sides, took his revolver, patted him on the back and then allowed him to lead them back to the Australian lines. He handed over 500 metres of captured trench to the British. This feat was described in the official history as being, next to Jacka’s at Pozieres, perhaps the most effective individual feat in the history of the AIF.
Returned to Australia on board H.T. Runic 30 December 1919.
Died 25 May 1975, Victoria.
Commemorated. Plaque at Springvale Crematorium, Victoria
Courtesy of Joy Dalgleish
McCLEERY, John Malcolm
McCONNELL, James Edward
McCORRY, Ernest Cleveland
McCORRY, Richard William
McCULLAGH, William Hugh![]() Service no 2416
Private 11th Battalion Son of Henry and Caroline McCULLAGH Of Kalamunda, WA Occupation prior to enlistment Fitter Enlisted 15 March 1915' Died of wounds on 23 August 1916 in France Aged 27 years Buried Puchevillers British Cemetery www.awm.gov.au P08533.001 |