CARTER, Edward Maurice
| Service Number: | 1192 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | 1890, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Lyons, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 4 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dartmoor Boys of Greenwald & District WW1 Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1192, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1192, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1192, Bullecourt (First), Ankles were broken by machine gun fire on May 3, 1917 and was left wounded in Bullecourt, France, where he died on May 4, 1917. | |
| 4 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 1192, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1192 awm_unit: 6th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Glenunga International High School
Edward Maurice Carter was a 25 year old labourer, before he enlisted for World War One. He was born in 1890, in Lyons, Victoria. He was living in Lyons, as was his mum, Elizabeth Carter but not his father, Andrew Maurice Percy. Edward was not married, and he was a methodist. Edward had no previous military service or experience when he enlisted in Portland in 1916.
On the 12th of March, 1915, in Portland, Edward enlisted for the war, and about two months later he left Australia, on HMAT A14 Euripides from Melbourne. Edward became Private Carter during the war, and he served in the 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery. On the 3rd of May, 1917, both of Edward’s ankles were broken by machine gun fire. He was seen by Liason Officer Quade lying wounded in a shell hole. Liaison Officer Quade helped to bandage Private Carters wounds, but he had to be left behind as the other troops continued. The next day, the ground where Edward was, got heavily shelled. It was said to be unlikely that the Germans ever took Edward as a prisoner of war, because the Germans did not cover the ground that Edward covered.
Edward was buried at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
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