James Charles McCarthy

Forenames

James Charles AWMM

Surname

McCarthy AWMM

Service number

WWI 33097 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Daisy McCarthy (wife), 41 Lawrence Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Mar 1917 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 33097 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Railway clerk/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Mar 1917-21 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 79 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Headquarters Staff, Officer Commanding Troops AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

James McCarthy was the son of Charles and Julia McCarthy, of 169, Jervois Rd., Auckland; husband of Daisy M. McCarthy, of 40, William Street, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs D. McCarthy, William St., Mt. Eden (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

4 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM

Memorial name

• Memorial plaque, Auckland Garrison Officers Club, St Mary's Church (part of Holy Trinity Cathedral ), corner St Stephens Avenue & Parnell Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10922691
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880390
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/176093/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/176093
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  57: 3
• Herald on Sunday
  A courageous mother at Gallipoli: 6 Apr 2014
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• NZEF CASUALTIES — LE QUESNOY As noted in the Appendix of Dr Christopher Pugsley’s book: Le Quesnoy 1918: New Zealand’s Last Battle. This list was compiled by Richard Stowers and Herb Farrant, and added to by Christopher Pugsley. Please forward any additional names and details to the author through Oratia Media. The list covers period 1–7 November 1918 and those who died after from wounds received in this period.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 79 - Our grins : just a souvenir of the 23rds -- [Capetown?] : [Magazine Committee] : [1917]