Virtual War Memorial | Ernest CARTER

Ernest CARTER Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

CARTER, Ernest

Service Number:	6496
Enlisted:	24 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	West Leederville State School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), West Leederville State School Honour Board, West Leederville War Memorial

World War 1 Service

24 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
13 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6496, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6496, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6496, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bullecourt (First)

Help us honour Ernest Carter's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of James and Margaret CARTER