CARLTON, James Bennett
| Service Numbers: | 2149, V80497, V13201 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots |
| Born: | Mount Egerton, Victoria, Australia, 15 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wood Merchant |
| Died: | Yallourn, Victoria, Australia, 24 November 1961, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2149, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2149, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 59th Infantry Battalion, embarked England for Melbourne on board HS Euripides (severe Asthma, Influenza and Bronchitis) | |
| 22 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 59th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V80497 | |
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| 21 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V13201 | |
| 27 Sep 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V13201, Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private James Bennett Carlton (Service No:2149) enlisted in the AIF on 8 May 1916, and was attached to 59 Infantry Battalion on 1 August 1916 when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for Plymouth on board HMAT A67 Orsova. Private Carlton served in France and embarked from England for Melbourne on 21 July 1917 on board HS Euripdes - he had been hospitalised in England with severe Asthma, Influenza and Bronchitis. Private Carlton was attached to 59th Infantry battalion at Discharge on 23 October 1917. Private Carlton re-enlisted in the AIF (Service No:1791) and served as a Sentry in Melbourne with 3rd District Guard until 18 November 1919. He then served in the Militia as a Private with Garrison Military Police from 5 January 1920 to 21 May 1921, before enlisting in the ACMF (Private; Service No:V48097) with 12 Garrison Battalion (4 October 1939 to 18 January 1941). He re-enlisted in the ACMF on 21 April 1941 (Corporal; Service No:V13201) and was attached to Reinforcements Reception Depot at Discharge on 27 September 1942.
James was born in 1887 (BDM Vic:Registration No30503/1887) at Mt Egerton, Victoria, fourth of six children of George Rennie Carlton (b1855 in Geelong, Victoria) and Janet Nielson Bennett (b1856 at Mt Egerton, Victoria). George worked as an Engine Driver in Ballarat and was a Miner in 1881 when he and Janet married at Mt Egerton, where they settled and raised their family - George was a Miner and Janet a Nurse. In 1910 George (with his two eldest sons) worked at Mt Magnet on WA as a Miner, returning to Victoria and settling in Melbourne, where he was a Wood Merchant and Janet a Nurse. George (who 'worked at the old Black Horse and Egerton Mines ... died form miners' complaint' (Trove 1914).
James worked as a Miner at Mt Egerton and in Mt Magnet WA, and as a Labourer in Glenorchy. In 1914 he was living in Melbourne with his parents and working as a Driver. James worked as a Fitter's Assistant and Wood Merchant in Melbourne prior to his enlistment in the AIF, and in 1919 he married Rosa (Rosie) Annie Turner (b1888 in Hamilton, Victoria) - James was a Soldier attached to 3rd District Guard. James and Rosie settled in Melbourne, where James was a Sentry with Garrison Military Police, Caretaker at Domain Camp in South Yarra and Car Builder in Hotham. In 1924 James and Rosie settled at Red Cliffs via Mildura, where they raised their son and James was a Horticulturalist. James served in the ACMF in WWII, and he and Rosie lived in Euston in the Riverina, NSW in the mid to late 1940s - James was a Labourer. The couple returned to Victoria, settling in Morwell, where James worked as a Labourer. James died in 1961 and Rosie in 1975.