Service Details
Name:
 McCARTHY
Given Name:
 ALEXANDER JOHNSTON OWEN
Initials:
 A J O
Service No:
 30553
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-12-26
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Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Died of malignant hypertension
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Alexander Owen and Francina Anna Magdalena (nee Jooste) McCarthy, of Johannesburg. Husband of Sybil Thelma McCarthy, of Johannesburg. Born Johannesburg. A bus driver. His brother Percy Owen McCarthy also died in service in WW1 on the Galway Castle.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 R.C. Sec. Grave 232/233.

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