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CARNEY, Matthew
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4994 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1916, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 26 August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 October 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crows Nest (Qld) War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4994, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4994, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4994, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4994, 26th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal |
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