COASTWATCHERS McCarthy, John Joseph

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

McCarthy ​

• FORENAME

John Joseph ​

• UNIT

New Zealand Coastwatchers ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

436897 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th October 1942 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bourail Memorial,New Caledonia Panel 1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of John Joseph and Nancy McCarthy,Point Chevalier,Auckland,New Zealand​

NZ Post and Telegraph Department​

award Mention in Despatches​

POW September 1942 Abemama,Gilbert Islands​

executed by Japanese Betio,Tarawa,Gilbert Islands​

rank awarded posthumous (8th Brigade Group,Corps of Signals) ​