CARTER, Sydney Mervyn
| Service Number: | 473 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cunliffe near Kadina, 7 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Illness, France, 4 May 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kadina & District WW1 Roll of Honor, Kadina Pictorial Honour Roll, Kadina War Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 473, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 473, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 473, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Peter's Woodlands Grammar School
Sydney Mervyn Carter soon was a private in the Australian defence force. On the 7th of January 1890 Carter was born in Cunliffe near Kadina, SA. His wife's name was Lena Carter. No one knows what school he went to but people think it was in or near or in Kadina.
Before Private Carter went to the Australian defence force his job was a driver. When he went in the war he was in the front row which is in the 10th battalion. He started in the Defence force when he was 24 years old. The last fight he fought was in France where he died from illness. He was buried at the cemetery Puchevillers British Cemetery in France.
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