William Leslie CARNEGIE

CARNEGIE, William Leslie

Service Number: 16
Enlisted: 15 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Machine Gun Company
Born: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1891
Home Town: Harden, New South Wales
Schooling: Peterhead Academy, Scotland
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery: Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys
Grave II. G. 1.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 16, 30th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
9 Nov 1915: Involvement Driver, 16, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915: Embarked Driver, 16, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
20 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 16, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 16 awm_unit: 8th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20
Date unknown: Involvement 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 25 and the son of Robert and Alexandrina Carnegie, of Sunny View, Cairntrodlie, Peterhead, Scotland.

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Member of the Burrangong St John 20 Lodge

He is commemorated on the Peterhead War Memorial; one of six Australian Great War casualties remembered there.