27/02/1915-To 9th Depot Company as Private
16/03/1915-To 28th Battalion “C” Company 6th Infantry Battalion
24/05/1915-Promoted Lance Corporal in the field Egypt
6/08/1915-Promoted CORPORAL in the field Egypt
4/09/1915-Embarked Alexandria with Meditteranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
5/11/1915-Admitted 7th Field Ambulance Gallipoli ( Crushed Leg ) ex 13th Casualty Clearing Station
9/11/1915-Rejoined Battalion in the field Gallipoli ex Injury
10/01/1916-Disembarked Alexandria ex Mudros ex Gallipoli
21/03/1916-Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
10/05/1916-Transferred Prison Havre France ( Refer Court Martial )- Rank reduced to Private
17/04/1918-Released from Prison Rouen France
6/05/1918-Rejoined Battalion in the field France
21/05/1918-KILLED IN ACTION Villers Brettoneux France
McCARTHY, Michael
Full Name: Michael
McCARTHY
Date of Birth: 02
–
1889
Place of birth: Kinsale
Ireland
Occupation: Miner
Address: Meekatharra WA
Next of Kin: Father-Henry Patrick McCarthy
Next of Kin Address: Kinsale Cork Ireland
Religion: Roman Catholic
Service Number: 131
Rank: Private
Unit/Division: 28th Battalion
Enlistment Date: 1915-02-27
Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill
WA
Embarkation Port:
Embarkation Date: 1915-06-29
Embarkation Ship:
Disembarkation Port:
Disembarkation Date: 1915-07-22
Locations Served:
Returned: No
Discharge Date:
Cause of Death: KIA
Date of Death:
Place of Death: Villers Bretonneux France
Age at Death: 29
Burial Location: inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial-No known grave