Harold Reginald CARTER

CARTER, Harold Reginald

    Service Number: 1549
    Enlisted: 4 February 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
    Schooling: Cottesloe State School, Western Australia
    Occupation: Jeweller
    Died: Died of wounds, At sea (aboard HS Gascon), Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 4 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial - Panel 52, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cottesloe Ocean Beach No 29 Troop Boy Scouts Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, West Leederville War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1549, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
    22 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1549, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
    22 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1549, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
    3 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1549, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (abdomen)

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James and Margaret Carter of 59 Blencowe Street, Leederville, WA. Brother of Ernest Carter who was killed in action on 11 April 1917 while serving with the 16th Battalion and has no known grave. Name appears of Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also did Compulsory Military Training

     

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