In Memory Of
McCARTHY, PERCY OWEN
Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
1899-12-07
Service No:
7328
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit:
4th Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1918-09-12
Cause of Death:
Drowned at sea (from S.S. "Galway Castle"), as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine 160 miles S.W. and .5 S. of the Fastnet
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 48.
Cemetery:
HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON
Localitly:
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of the late Alexander Owen and Francina Anna Magdalena (nee Jooste) McCarthy, of Johannesburg. Born Johannesburg. A motor mechanic. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery. His brother A J O McCarthy also died in service in WW2
