CARR, Herbert Milton
| Service Numbers: | 3081, 3081A |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1916, 1 year Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Rydalmere, New South Wales, Australia, 10 March 1899 |
| Home Town: | Toronto, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway porter |
| Died: | Sandgate, New South Wales, Australia, 1 April 1927, aged 28 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) O SE. 10. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3081, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1 year Cadets | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 3081, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 3081, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 4 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3081A, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
97 years ago today, on the Saturday afternoon of the 2nd April 1927, Private Herbert Milton Carr, 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No- 3081A), railway porter from "Esmond", Toronto, New South Wales and Sandgate, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 28. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) O SE. 10.
Born at Rydalmere, New South Wales on the 10th March 1899 to Richard H and Ann Elizabeth Carr; husband of Betta M Carr nee Murrell (married 1922, Hamilton, N.S.W., died?), Herb enlisted on the 7th August 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A30 Borda on the 17th October 1916.
Wounded in action - 18.7.1918 (GSW right arm).
Invalided to England 20.8.1918.
Rejoined unit 5.12.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 12.6.1919.
Herb arrived home on the 27th July 1919, being discharged on the 4th September 1919.
Mr. Carr’s name has been inscribed on the Toronto & District Soldiers' Memorial, Toronto Red Cross Honour Roll - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137487420 and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919.
I have placed poppies at Herb’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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