Service Details
Name:
 McCARTHY
Given Name:
 PERCY OWEN
Initials:
 P O
Service No:
 7328
Rank:
 Lance Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-09-12
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Date of Birth:
 1899-12-07
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Drowned at sea (from S.S. "Galway Castle"), as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine 160 miles S.W. and .5 S. of the Fastnet
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Alexander Owen and Francina Anna Magdalena (nee Jooste) McCarthy, of Johannesburg. Born Johannesburg. A motor mechanic. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery. His brother A J O McCarthy also died in service in WW2
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 48.

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