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CARMAN, Harold William
| Service Number: | 458 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Mundoora, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Greengrocer |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 4 April 1964, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General E, Path 6, Grave 404 |
| Memorials: | Mundoora War Memorial, Port Broughton War Memorial, Tickera War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 458, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 458, 8th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 458, 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by tony griffin
Harold Carman was the son of John and Martha Carman of Mundoora. Harold was born in Mundoora in 1888. A greengrocer, he was 30 years old when he enlisted on 2 May. 1916.
At Mitcham he was appointed to 7th Reinforcements 8 Machine Gun Company and after entraining to Melbourne embarked aboard HMAT A38 “Ulysses” on 25 October. He disembarked at Plymouth, England on 28 December 1916.
In England Harold was transferred to 5th Australian Division Machine Gun Company before embarking overseas to France on 7 September 1917. On 26 July 1918 Harold was detached to 123rd American Machine Gun Company for several days to instruct the newly arrived, inexperienced American troops.
After Harold had returned to England he embarked aboard HT “Port Melbourne” on 5 July 1919 and disembarked at Adelaide on 18 August. He was discharged on 25 September 1919.