In Memory Of

McCARTHY, WILLIAM OFFLEY

Service Details
Age:
36
Date of Birth:
1879-12-17
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
2nd Bn.
Regiment:
Rhodesia Regiment
Date of Death:
1916-08-26
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received at Wami River, on 17th August 1916
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
8. B. 5.
Cemetery:
DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Tanzania
Additional Information
Son of John Leigh Goldie McCarthy, and Frances Olivia McCarthy, of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Served with the Canadian contingent in the Boer War. Returned to Africa serve with the South African Constabulary. He returned to Canada one last time to serve in the Royal North West Mounted Police in Saskatchewan. He then returned to Africa where he bought a large farm in Rhodesia. Commemoration stone in Barrie Union Cemetery, Ontario, Canada