Joseph Aiden MacCarthy M. D. (1913 - 1995)

Born 19 Mar 1913 in Castletownbere, County Cork, Ireland

Died 11 Oct 1995 at age 82 in Northwood, London, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Aiden MacCarthy M. D. is Notable.

Air Commodore Joseph Aidan MacCarthy, OBE, GM was an Irish doctor of the Royal Air Force and a prisoner of war to the Japanese during the Second World War who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945.

Joseph Aiden MacCarthy was born on March 19, 1913 in Castletownbere, County Cork, Ireland.^[1] His parents were Denis Florance McCarthy and Julia Mae Murphy.

Aiden served in World War I. ^[2], ^[3]

Aiden served in World War II. ^[4]. In 1941, at Honington Air Base in Suffolk, England where he was stationed and was awarded the George Medal for bravery for rescuing a crew from a burning aircraft. A year later, Aiden was sent to North Africa and to the Far East, where he was captured by the Japanese at Java. The prison ship he was on was torpedoed by the Americans, and he spent 24 hours in the water before being rescued by another prison ship which took him to the Japanese mainland. Only 30 of the 1,000 men on board the ship survived.

He married Kathleen Wall from County Galway, Ireland in Westminister in 1948.

Aiden died on October 11, 1995 in Northwood, London, England, United Kingdom, aged 82. He was buried in Droum Cemetery, Castletown Bearhaven, County Cork.^{[5] [1]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249432914/joseph_aidan-maccarthy: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph Aidan MacCarthy (19 Mar 1913–11 Oct 1995), Find a Grave Memorial ID 249432914, citing Droum Cemetery, Castletown Bearhaven, County Cork, Ireland; Maintained by John G (contributor 50827136).
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK, World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War. WO329; Ref: 1646.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK, World War II Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. The National Archives; Kew, London, England; WO 345 Japanese Index Cards of Allied POWs 1942-1947; Reference Number: WO 345/32. Piece Number: 32: Japanese Index Cards of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, World War II: Little-McCole; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61642/images/48741_b429173-01953?pId=1128978.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2007.

See also:

• Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
• Ancestry.com. Ireland, Kirkpatrick Index of Physician Biographical Files, 1650-1952 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2023.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_MacCarthy
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHx640KQ7is