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CARTNER, Alfred James

Service Number:	889
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Rutherglen, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Inglewood, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Rutherglen, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Etaples, France, 9 August 1916
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot IX, Row D, Grave No.2, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Inglewood Kurting State School No 2026 District Honor Roll, Rutherglen War Memorial

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 889, 7th Infantry Battalion, Rutherglen, Vic.
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 889, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 889, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 889, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to neck. Evacuated to Malta. Rejoined unit 7 August 1915.
12 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 889, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, BW abdomen, legs and arm (broken). Evacuated to Egypt. Rejoined unit 19 January 1916.
22 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
24 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 889, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW both legs (left leg amputated below the knee). Evacuated to 26th General Hospital, Etaples where he died of wounds/septic fever 9 August 1916.
9 Aug 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 889, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 889 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-09

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Recommended for Distinguished Conduct Medal for work at Pozieres.

Recommendation date: 2 August 1916