CARLE, John
| Service Number: | 415 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Plunkett Street Public School, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds - shell wounds to the thigh and side, Cottonera Hospital, Malta, 28 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Plot A, Row X11, Grave 3 inscription reads: A hero in the deadly strife for King & Country he gave his life, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 415, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 415, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 415, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 415, Shell wound to the thigh and side. Invalided to Malta on the 12 August 1915 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Andrew and Ellen Carle of 96 Buckland Street, Alexandria, NSW formerly of 4 Vine Street, Darlington, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Carle worked with his father in Sydney, who was a wharf foreman for some years. He was an original member of the 1st Battalion and enlisted in 1914. John Carle was mortally wounded during the fighting at Lone Pine. He was first treated on Gallipoli at the 3rd Field Ambulance and was removed to Malta by hospital ship in the 12 August 1915. He died of wounds, shell wounds to the thigh and side, in Cottonera Hospital, Malta, 28 August 1915.
His older brother, 2806 Lce. Cpl. William Carle 13th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Goudecourt, France on 4 February 1917, aged 27.
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