CARMICHAEL, John Morrison
| Service Number: | 159 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Dollar Academy, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Timber Worker |
| Died: | Died of wounds - left leg and thigh sustained at Gallipoli, Turkey, 15th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 2 July 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row M, Grave 31 W.S. Baker officiated, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 159, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 159, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 159, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 29 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 159, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the left leg and thigh. Evacuated to Alexandria, Egypt on30 April 1915on board SS Lutzow |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Carmichael of Smithfield, Alloa, Scotland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlistment date 9 September 1914.
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 29 August 1914
Rank on enlistment Private
11th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/28/1
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 31 October 1914
Age at death-36
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli.
Honoured on the Alloa War Memorial.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Honoured on the Dollar Academy War Memorial.
Educated at Dollar Academy. He left in the 1890s.
He served in the South African War.
He went to the Dardanelles as part of the first Australian contingent and was wounded on 24/04/1915. Died in hospital in Alexandria on 02/07/1915. Egypt
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