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THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY

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Like all Australians, the Carrucan clan were proudly and fiercely protective of their new country and did not step back from serving in times of need.

What impact does war have upon a family? Many wives and children would have experienced the direct effects of the psychological injuries borne by returned servicemen. Many experienced the grief of death.

It was not just the men who stepped forward - Carrucan women also answered the call.

Director Andrew Morom said, when interviewed about his play Minefields and Miniskirts, based on the book of the same name byTerence O'Connell

This page will attempt to gather short biographies of the many family members who have served in the Australian Armed Forces. Please feel free to contribute by forwarding information to Tim Erickson (terick@melbpc.org.au)

WWI & WWII
WWI and WWII - Edwin Gerald Martin	WWI - AIF, 8th Batallion, France WWII - RAN, Battle of Britain
WWI
WWI - Benjamin Francis West	AIF, 4 FAB, Field Artillery Brigade
WWI - Charles Reginald (Reg) Carrucan	AIF, 39th Batallion, France
WWI - John Carrucan	AIF, 2 nd Australian Tunneling Company, France
WWI - Patrick Carrucan	AIF, 8th Batallion, invalided out.
WWI - Thomas Michael Carrucan	AIF, 8th Batallion, France AIF, 67th Batallion He served in London, France and finally Belgium, where he was at the war’s ending. See Robert Carrucan's website http://thomascarrucan.blogspot.com/ for more information.
WWI - William and Michael Carrucan	William - AIF, 20th Batallion, France. Sadly he was killed in action on 2 nd March, 1917 in France. Michael - ?
WWII
WWII - Bridget (Dolly) McMahon	AANS, New Guinea Sadly, she died on 3 rd September 1945 at the Heidelberg Military Hospital from a tropical illness  contracted while serving with the 2/7 AGH at Lae.
WWII - Christopher Joseph and Reginald Carrucan	Christopher - Merchant Navy from 8 th  July 1939 to 20  th November 1943 Reginald - flight Sergeant in the RAAF
WWII - Cornelius Patrick Carrucan	AIF, 14/32 Batallion, New Guinea and New Britain
WWII - David Augustus West	Australian Army, 3 ATK REGT, served as one of the Rats of Tobruk
WWII - Donald Patrick and John James Carrucan	Donald - AIF, 2/78 Light Aid Detachment John - AIF - 2/123 AUST BDE WKSHOP
WWII - Peter Joseph, Frederick George and Kevin Michael Latham	Peter - AIF Fred - RAN. He died aboard the “Hobart” when it was sunk on 29th July 1943 Kevin - RAN
WWII - John (Jack) Carrucan	RAAF
WWII - John McMahon	RAAF, became a flight-sergeant and died in Plymouth in England in 1943 when  on active duty
WWII - John Daniel Speakman	U.S. Army Air Corps, was assigned to the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group, 2nd Air Division
WWII - Kevin Joseph Carrucan	RAAF, 8th Operational Training Unit
WWII - Leila Stodden	AWAS, Served locally.
WWII - Margaret (Peg) O'Brien	Australian Army - Peg had the rank of Private and worked as a cook at the Army Postal Unit in Toorak.
WWI - Michael Patrick Ganly	AIF, 40th Infantry Batallion
WWII - Myles Carrucan	AIF, 3 rd Garrison Brigade
WWII - Pauric and Mehual Lane	Pauric - RAAF, 460 squadron based in England. Few many long distance bombing raids over Europe. Mehual - AIF, discharged as medically unfit due to kidney stones.
WWII - Phillip Edward Michael Bourke	AIF, served overseas in the 2/2 Field Engineers attached to the 6th  division AIF.
WWII - Thomas Joseph Calnin	RAAF, Served as Leading Aircraftsman in Darwin
WWII - Henry Doube	RAAF, Served as a maintenance engineer in Darwin and the Pacific Islands
WWII - Brian Doube	Served initially with the 13th Field Regiment (Artillery) before joining the RAAF as a radio mechanic and serving in New Guinea and the surrounding Islands.
WWII - Charles Doube	RAAF, Served in a fighter control unit in Darwin
WWII - Mary Doube	WANS (Womens Australian National Service) - Served on the local front
Miscellaneous
WWII Listings - Carrucan.pdf

Of course, other Carrucan clan members were unable to enrol in the armed services as they were involved in tasks on the home front that were deemed central to the war effort. Amongst these were people such as John Herbert (Jack) Martin.

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