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Gunner JOHN RICHARD McCARTHY

Service Number: 337
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

1st Bde.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

III. B. 23.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Ann McCarthy.
  • Personal Inscription HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL HE GAVE HIS BEST, HIS LIFE HIS ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 800
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