2349 John Edward McCARTHY

Date of enlistment	10^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company
Significant events while serving with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres

Summary of Private McCarthy’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
5^th November 1917	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
18^th September 1917	Australia	Disembarked Euripedes at Melbourne
21^st July 1917	Australia	Return to Australia on HS A14 Euripedes
4^th June 1917	England	Overstaying leave at Montevideo camp Weymouth by one day. Forfeiture of 2 days pay
17^th May 1917	England	To Weymouth from furlough
2^nd May 1917	England	Discharged from hospital to furlough
20^th April 1917	England	Transferred to 1^st Auxiliary Hospital Harefield
13^th August 1916	England	Admitted 1^st Eastern General Hospital Cambridge
13^th August 1916	France	Embarked for England on HS Jean Breydel from Boulogne
8^th August 1916	France	Admitted to 8^th Stationary Hospital
5^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound arms and legs (serious)
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot