CARTER, William
| Service Number: | 710 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hay Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hay Lodge No 25 I.O.O.F. Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 710, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 710, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 710, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW) 30 October 1917. OUR BOYS AT THE FRONT.
‘On Friday night a message came through from Base Records Office that another promising local lad had fallen in France, in the person of William Hamilton Carter, nephew of Mr. Jas. F. Carter, of Hay. Young Carter was a native of England, but came out to his uncle with his brother at an early age. He had served his apprenticeship to the baking trade under Mr. Bunting, when the war broke out, and was amongst the earlier batches of volunteers. He was one of the heroes of the landing at Gallipoli, and was later on wounded in the eye on the Peninsula. Then he went to France, where he was again wounded, severely. Once more re-joining his unit, he was killed in action on the 7th October 1917. Young Carter, who was in his twenty-third year, had spent his last three birthdays in the storm and stress of war. His brother, Geoffrey Flight Carter, is at present in England, having been so severely wounded in France that both his legs have had to be amputated.’