Service Numbers: VX104484, V40568
Enlisted: 24 July 1942, In the field, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 9 April 1921
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Warehouseman
Died: Killed in Action, Bougainville, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 20 May 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Son of Lieut. Lawrence McCarthy VC
Lawrence Norville McCARTHY was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1921
His parents were Lawrence Dominic McCARTHY and Florence Minnie NORVILLE (also known as Flossie & Polly)they married on 25th January, 1919 in Somerset, England - he was their only son
Enlisted: 24 July 1942, In the field, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 9 April 1921
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Warehouseman
Died: Killed in Action, Bougainville, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 20 May 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Son of Lieut. Lawrence McCarthy VC
Lawrence Norville McCARTHY was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1921
His parents were Lawrence Dominic McCARTHY and Florence Minnie NORVILLE (also known as Flossie & Polly)they married on 25th January, 1919 in Somerset, England - he was their only son
Service Numbers: VX104484, V40568
Enlisted: 24 July 1942, In the field, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 9 April 1921
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Warehouseman
Died: Killed in Action, Bougainville, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 20 May 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Son of Lieut. Lawrence McCarthy VC
Lawrence Norville McCARTHY was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1921
His parents were Lawrence Dominic McCARTHY and Florence Minnie NORVILLE (also known as Flossie & Polly)they married on 25th January, 1919 in Somerset, England - he was their only son
Enlisted: 24 July 1942, In the field, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 9 April 1921
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Warehouseman
Died: Killed in Action, Bougainville, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 20 May 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Son of Lieut. Lawrence McCarthy VC
Lawrence Norville McCARTHY was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1921
His parents were Lawrence Dominic McCARTHY and Florence Minnie NORVILLE (also known as Flossie & Polly)they married on 25th January, 1919 in Somerset, England - he was their only son
Inscription
(AUSTRALIAN RISING SUN EMBLEM)
VX104484 LANCE SERGEANT
L. N. Mc CARTHY
24 INFANTRY BATTALION
20TH MAY 1945 AGE 24
(Battlefield Cross Symbol)
"BLESSED ARE
THE PURE IN HEART
FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD"
Gravesite Details
Dedicated War Cemetery/Memorial---Port Moresby War Cemetery
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