William Leslie CARNEGIE

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CARNEGIE, William Leslie

Service Number:	16
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
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. Inscription: THE DAY THOU GAVEST LORD IS ENDED
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Harden WW1 Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16, Liverpool, New South Wales
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, 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 AIF WW1, Driver, 16, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Machine Gun Company, T.O.S. from 30th Infantry Battalion
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 16, 8th Machine Gun Company, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Tunisian"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 16, 8th Machine Gun Company, Disembarked Marseilles, France
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 16, 8th Machine Gun Company, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 16, 8th Machine Gun Company, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :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

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Private Carnegie was a 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.

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