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CARRUTHERS, David Clarence
| Service Number: | 42 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Milang, South Australia , 1895 |
| Home Town: | Wirrabara, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 26 April 1972, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Wirrabara District WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 42, 43rd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 42, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 42, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 29 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 42, 43rd Infantry Battalion, GSW neck | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 42, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Life Before the War
David Clarence Carruthers was just 20 years old NB when he enlisted to the AIF. He was born in approximately 1895 in Milang, South Australia. Being 5’9 ½ weighing 142lbs he was above average for the men in those times. His skin was a medium tone with brown eyes and hair. His family consisted of his mother Caroline Renowden, born in 1870 and his father David Carruthers. The family were Methodists. He was living with his family before the war and was single. Before enlisting into the war he was a labourer in Wirrabara.
Life in Service
During David’s time at war, he served in the 43rd battalion as a private. He had enlisted on the 4thof January 1916 being very healthy and capable of fighting. He embarked on the HMAT Afric A19 to the UK.
After training, and a bout of bronchitis in England, David went to the front in late 1916. On 29 May 1917 he was badly wounded in the neck, and spent the rest of the year either in hospital or recovering in England. He returned to action at the end of 1917 and served in the field until August 1918 when he was hospitalised again with a septic ankle.
After the War
After the war David returned home to SA at the age of around 23 after being in the AIF for 3 years and 151 days returning on the 18th January 1919. After many years in SA he got married to Ernestine Lisette Bruhn on the 30thof November 1928 at the registry office. Her parents were Anna and Joachim, but Anna had died in 1901. He then died in 1972 at the age of 75 in South Australia, and Ernestine died 11 years later at the age of 86.
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