KILLALEA, Carrington
| Service Number: | 3366 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia , 1 September 1886 |
| Home Town: | Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tumut Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tumut All Saint's Church Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3366, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3366, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3366, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Carrington Killalea was one of two sons of Thomas and Emily Killalea of Tumut, New South Wales, who died serving in in the AIF during the Great War.
Carrington’s younger brother, 3334 Pte. Myles Dolphin Killalea 34th Battalion AIF died of wounds near Villers Bretonneux on 6 April 1918, at only 18 years of age.
Carrington attended the Tumut Public School and worked a farm labourer. He enlisted at Cootamundra, New South Wales during July 1915.
Carrington’s first major engagement was the Battle of Pozieres where he lost his life. On or around the 22 July 1916 Killalea was hit in the head by a sniper's bullet during the heavy fighting and according to witnesses in his Red Cross file, he died some hours later while waiting on a stretcher for evacuation to a casualty clearing station. He was buried in the field near Pozieres but his body was not recovered after the war and his name is commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial.
His parents did have his death confirmed until January 1917, as he was first just reported as wounded.
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