CARROLL, William Edward
| Service Number: | 815 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | East Melbourne, Vic., 1891 |
| Home Town: | East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Agriculture |
| Died: | Mildura, Vic., 10 December 1990, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Red Cliffs Pioneer Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 815, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 815, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Born in Wangaratta in 1891, was a drover and boundary rider in Queensland when enlisted. Sgt. Carroll was one of the original members of the 21st Battalion, 6th Brigade, 1st AIF, which was formed at Broadmeadows early 1915. The battalion embarked from Melbourne on the Uylsses on the 8th May 1915 enroute to the Middle East. Saw action Middle East GallipoliMiddle East to reform and reorganise Western Front Somme Bullecourt Ypres Somme Mont St. Quentin Villiers Bretonneux Hamel Mutiny./ Sgt. Carroll was twice wounded in action (at Fluers and Broondseinde) and was recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal, with another Sgt on the 15th September 1916, for exceptional zeal in the performance of their duties and coolness in action, which had a great affect on the moral of their men. He was discharged medically unfit with gun wounds to his left knee and back. Of the full Battalion strength of the original Officers and men, there were 16 Officers and 24 Or's left. 21st Battalion left buried on foreign soil 47 Officers and 827 Or's.
It was the highest decorated Battalion of the 6th Brigade.
Listed are some of the Battles and Misfortunes that Sgt. Carrol survived to return to Australia.
Torpedoed on the troop ship Southland enroute to Gallipoli 1915;
First Australian troops to Garrison Cairo;
First Australian Infantry Unit into line in France;
Last out of the line;
Staging a successful mutiny;
21st Battalion was disbanded in 1918.
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