Victor Falkland CAREY

CAREY, Victor Falkland

Service Number: 5803
Enlisted: 7 August 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
Born: Scoresby, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town: Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Driver
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ferntree Gully Primary School War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

7 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5803, 24th Infantry Battalion
2 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 5803, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 5803, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His brothers, 3287 Pte Lucius George Carey, 59th Battalion AIF returned to Australia, 12th March 1918.

49 Cpl Bertram Avenue Shier Carey, 1st Wing Headquarters, Australian Flying Corps, returned to Australia, 3 December 1918.