John McCARTHY

Regimental number6/4101
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinSister, Miss M McCarthy, Kinsale, Co Cork, Ireland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 4 March 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 20 September 1916
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot II, Row H, Grave No 32), Mericourt-l'Abbe, near Albert, France
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 15

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