CARROLL, John
| Service Number: | 1804 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1916, Perth, Cambridge, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Kurrawang, Coolgardie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railwayman labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Hollwood Repatariation Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, 4 October 1971, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Canberra John Hamilton VC Pictorial Honour Roll, Coolgardie Kurrawang Roll of Honour, Keith Payne VC Memorial Park, North Bondi War Memorial, Winchelsea WWI Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth, Cambridge, Western Australia | |
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| 9 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 9 Aug 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion, England | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines | |
| 9 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, SW to chest (slight) | |
| 31 Jul 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wounded at Passchendaele 2 |
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| 7 Aug 1917: | Honoured Victoria Cross, Battle of Messines | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1804, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1804, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW to buttocks. Evacuated to England. | |
| 1 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1804, 33rd Infantry Battalion, RTA 24 August 1918. | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Victoria Cross |
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Australain Dictionary of Biography by Rex Clark
John Carroll (1891-1971), soldier, labourer and railway employee, was born on 16 August 1891 in Brisbane, son of John Carroll, labourer, and his wife Catherine, née Wallace, both Irish-born. When he was 2 the family moved to Donnybrook, Western Australia, and then to Yarloop. About 1905 they settled at Kurrawang where John and his father joined the Goldfields Firewood Supply Co. as labourers. Tall and well built, John was a good athlete and a prominent member of the local football club; he was working as a railway guard on the Kurrawang line when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force as a private on 27 April 1916.
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