Robert Colin McCarthy

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of William Edward McCarthy and of Clara McCarthy (nee Neilson), of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand. His brothers, Raymond William and Morris Donald Darwin McCarthy, also died on service, and are buried in the same grave in Sage War Cemetery, Germany

References:
  • CWGC
  • New Zealand Nominal Rolls (WW2)
  • WW2 RoH
  • BDM Online
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
32716
Name:
Robert Colin McCarthy
Date of Birth:
31 August 1916
Place of Birth:
Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs C Campbell (mother), 63 Campbell Street, Wanganui
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Locality on Enlistment: 
63 Campbell Street, Wanganui
Place of Enlistment: 
Wanganui, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Scrubcutter
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 25 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
25 October 1942
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
26
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
I. E. 3.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
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