CARLTON, George Henry
| Service Numbers: | V34641, VX106392 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4 Field Regiment AMF |
| Born: | Kensington, Victoria, Australia, 11 April 1917 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer (Melbourne City Council) |
| Died: | Niddrie, Victoria, Australia, 25 February 1998, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Keilor Cemetery, Victoria The Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Melbourne Town Hall Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 31 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V34641, 4 Field Regiment AMF | |
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| 3 Aug 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V34641, 4 Field Regiment AMF | |
| 4 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX106392 | |
| 21 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX106392, 4 Field Regiment AMF, embarked Brisbane for Milne Bay on board Jason See | |
| 18 May 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX106392, 4 Field Regiment AMF, embarked Finschafen for Townsville on board Katoomba | |
| 16 Aug 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX106392, 4 Field Regiment AMF, embarked Townsville for Lae on board Ormiston | |
| 27 Oct 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX106392, 4 Field Regiment AMF, embarked Madang for Brisbane on board Duntroon | |
| 21 Feb 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX106392, 4 Field Regiment AMF, embarked Brisbane for Jacquinot Bay on board the Tarooma | |
| 20 Nov 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX106392, 4 Field Regiment AMF, emplaned Jacquinot Bay for Brisbane | |
| 20 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX106392 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private George Henry Carlton (Service Nos:V34641/VX106392) initially served in the Militia (Service No:315996) from 23 December 1938 to 5 September 1941. He enlisted in the ACMF on 31 October 1941 and was 'in the field' with 4 Field Coy when he enlisted in the AIF on 4 August 1942. Private Carlton served with 4 Field Coy in New Guinea (21 February 1943 - 16 August 1944), Lae (2 July 1944 - 9 September 1944) and Jacquinot Bay (21 February 1945 - 1 November 1945), and was Discharged on 20 December 1945. Siblings John, David and William also served in WWII.
George was second of four children of David Neilson Carlton (b1884 at Mt Egerton, Victoria) and Isabella (Elsie) Gertrude Cariss (nee Woolley; b1889 in Melbourne, Victoria). David worked at Mt Egerton and Mt Magnet WA as a Miner, and in Melbourne as a Labourer, Carter and Driver before serving briefly in the AIF in 1916 (Private; Service No:2627 - Discharged medically unfit with fractured foot). He and Elsie (a Divorcee with two young children) married in 1918 in Melbourne, where they settled and raised their family, and David worked as a Labourer until his death in 1945.
George worked in Melbourne as a Labourer with the Orderly Division of the Melbourne City Council before enlisting in the Army. In 1942 in Melbourne he married Joyce Melinda Maddigan (b1922 in Melbourne, Victoria) and, following his Discharge, George and Joyce settled in Melbourne, where they raised their family and George worked as a Labourer with Melbourne City Council and, from the early 1950s, as a Tile Maker. George died in 1998 and Joyce in 2009.