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CARR, Edwin William

Service Numbers:	4481, N60390
Enlisted:	5 October 1917, Victoria Barracks, Sydney.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 9 June 1899
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	3 July 1971, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales North Ryde, City of Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. Memorial ID; 145490121
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World War 1 Service

5 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 4481, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Victoria Barracks, Sydney.
30 Apr 1918:	Embarked Private, 4481, Light Horse Reinforcements, SS Port Darwin, Sydney
30 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 4481, Light Horse Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
7 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 4481, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Disembarked Suez (Egypt).
24 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 4481, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Taken on strength Egyptian Expeditionary Force (Egypt, Sinai, Palestine).
21 Apr 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 4481, Returned to Australia.
17 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 4481, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Discharged at the 2nd Military District.

World War 2 Service

29 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, N60390
29 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N60390, RANK; Lieutenant. UNIT; Return To Duty Eastern Command. RTD EC.
16 Jan 1941:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N60390

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Biography contributed by Hamish Robson

Australian Rugby Union Representative 1921.

Wallaby #166 4 Caps.