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CARMAN, Maurice Spencer
| Service Number: | 4680 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 October 1939, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mundoora, SA, 25 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mundoora, Barunga West, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Keeper |
| Died: | 16 October 1992, aged 101 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Mundoora War Memorial, Port Broughton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4680, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4680, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 4680 |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by tony griffin
Maurice Carman was the son of John and Martha Carman of Mundoora. Maurice was born in Mundoora on 20 October 1890. A shopkeeper, he was 25 years old when he enlisted on 26 January 1916.
Appointed to 12th Reinforcements 27 Battalion he embarked from Adelaide aboard HMT A60 “Aenas” on 1 April 1918. From England he embarked on 5 September 1916 overseas to France to reinforce the 2nd Australian Division. Two weeks later he was taken on strength of 27 Battalion billeted at Steenvoorde in Belgium. On 8 November Maurice received a gunshot wound to his thigh and was evacuated to 9 General Hospital in Rouen. He rejoined the 27 Battalion 19 days later. Within a couple of weeks he was back in hospital, this time in Camiens, with the mumps.
Maurice was then transferred to 7th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery and on 5 October 1917 was wounded for the second time when he received shell contusions to his face. Four days later he was returned to his unit.
After Maurice had returned to England he embarked aboard HMT “Ypiranga” on 15 May 1919 and disembarked at Adelaide on 2 July. He was discharged on 16 August 1919.
Maurice re-enlisted in World War 2. He died at the age of 101 years on 16 October 1992.
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