CARTER, Ernest Kenneth
| Service Number: | 556 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Place of Enlistment,Brisbane, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowong, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia, 14 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Watchmaker |
| Died: | Failed to Recover after an Operation , Maryborough Hospital Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 10 February 1936, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland Monumental, Row M, Grave No 276 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 556, 17th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment,Brisbane, Queensland. | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 556, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 556, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 4 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Cross | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, Multiple Gunshot Wounds to both Legs, Right Arm, Jaw and Head. Severe. Amputation of Right Leg. | |
| 16 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 15th Infantry Battalion, Invalided to Australia. |
Ernest Kenneth Carter
Ernest Kenneth Carter, Born and educated in Brisbane. The son of Helen and William Thomas Carter of "Millmount", Woodstock Road, Toowong, Brisbane. Enlisted September 20th, 1914, and left for Broad Meadows 20th November,1914. Embarked from Melbourne 22nd December, 1914, per Ceramic, arriving in Egypt February, 1915, and went into camp at Heliopolis. Left for Gallipoli, and landed25th May, 1915. Fought at Quinns Post and Popes Hill. Was promoted to Sergeant on 4th June, 1915, and evacuated with enteric fever 28th July, 1915, to Egypt. Returned to Gallipoli 3rd November, 1915, and was promoted to 2nd Lieut. 16th March, 1916. Went with his battalion to Lemnos Island, then to Egypt. Sent to France, landing at Marseilles May, 1916. Was promoted to Lieut. November, 1916, and to Captain20th March, 1917. Was awarded the Military Cross in 1917. Served at Armentieres, Ypres, St. Eloi, Wytschaete, Passchendale, Messines, Warneton, Pozieres, Moquet Farm, Gonducourt, Bullecourt, and was finally wounded and lost right leg at Hamel, 4th July, 1918. Returned to Australia, arriving in Brisbane May 20th, 1919.
Queenslanders Who Fought in The Great War by Owen Wildman.
Submitted 13 September 2022 by Lynette Turner
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