D'ARCY-IRVINE, Carol
| Service Number: | 1303 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 October 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Petersham Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tram conductor |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 20 June 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1303, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1303, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1303, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney | |
| 24 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1303, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1303, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1303, 13th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, 2nd occasion - GSW (leg) | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , 3rd occasion - GSW (right leg) | |
| 23 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1918-06-20 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Carol DARCY-IRVINE (Service Number 1303) was born on 4th July 1892 at Goulburn and first worked for the NSW Tramways as a conductor from 29 July 1913 and the last entry on his record card(s) is 14 August 1914.
He was killed in action on 20 June 1918. He and another officer had gone out into no man’s land and while some of the Australian soldiers knew that, others did not, and they were fired upon as they returned, presumed to be Germans. D’Arcy-Irvine was shot through the head but carried in alive but unconscious by stretcher bearers. He died before he could reach a dressing station, but there is nothing that could have been done for him anyway.
He was buried at Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, by Rev. WG Hinsby. Captain D’Arcy-Irvine was just 25-years-old.
Submitted 10 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Carol D'ARCY-IRVINE was born on 4th July, 1892 in Goulburn NSW
His parents were Arthur Trevor D'ARCY-IRVINE and Fanny Laura STOYLES who married on 2nd January, 1888 at St Peters Church in Woolloomooloo, Sydney
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His brother Trevor Larmer D'ARCY-IRVINE also served in WW1 (SN13769) & was discharged in 1919
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Carol DARCY-IRVINE (Service Number 1303) was born on 4th July 1892 at Goulburn. He worked for the NSW Tramways as a conductor from 29th July 1913.
When he enlisted at Liverpool on 28th October 1914 he was 22 years and 5 months. He was not married. He gave his brother in Queensland as his next of kin. This was later changed to his father living in Croydon, Sydney, because his brother enlisted.
He joined the 13th Australian Infantry Battalion as a Private with Service Number 1303. Only two months later he was promoted to Corporal before leaving Australia.
He embarked at Sydney on the HMAT ‘Seang Bee’ on 11th February 1915 and joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force heading for Gallipoli on 12th April 1915. He was also promoted to Sergeant on 24th April, the day before Anzac Day. He was wounded with a shrapnel splinter in his thigh in June but re-joined his unit in July. He was wounded on a second occasion in August with a gunshot wound to his leg. He was isent to England through Mudros (on the Greek Island of Lemnos). He recovered despite a period of hospitalisation with venereal disease. He returned to the 13th Battalion in Egypt in March 1916. Here he was hospitalised again with syphilis. He left Alexandria for the Western Front via Marseilles, where he disembarked on 8th June. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 23rd August.
He was wounded on a third occasion with a slight gunshot wound to his left leg on 29 August 1916. He was evacuated to England. He returned to France in March and re-joined the 13th Battalion. In May he was again injured but this time accidentally. He borke his leg while playing football! He was again evacuated to England. He did not return to France and the 13th Battalion until September 1917. He was also promoted to Lieutenant.
D’Arcy- Irvine then had a relatively long period without wound, injury or disease. In May 1918 he was granted the temporary rank of Captain while commanding a Company.
He was killed in action on 20th June 1918. He and another officer had gone out into no man’s land. While some of the Australian soldiers knew that, others did not. They were fired upon as they returned because it was presumed that they were Germans. D’Arcy-Irvine was shot through the head and carried in by stretcher bearers. He was alive but unconscious. He died before he could reach a dressing station. However, there is nothing that could have been done for him anyway.
He was buried at Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, by Rev. WG Hinsby. Captain D’Arcy-Irvine was just 25-years-old.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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