CARTER, Thomas Augustine
| Service Number: | 2111 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 May 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Crystal Brook, South Australia , 16 August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Crystal Brook Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 1 June 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jamestown Canowie Belt Honour Roll, Jamestown Canowie Belt Yongala Estate Volunteers Roll of Honour, Jamestown Soldier's Memorial Park Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 14 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2111, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 1 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2111, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 2111, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2111, 28th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2111 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-06-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Amanda Underwood
Tom grew up in the Mid North, going to school in Crystal Brook. He later moved with the rest of the family to Jamestown until around 1910 when he moved to the city. Tom always had a keen interest in military matters and was a Lieutenant with the local Light Horse Squadron, serving for some 6 years.
On the 1st of May 1911 he married Lillian May Young (May), daughter of John and Charlotte Murray. The nuptials took place at St Augustine's Church at Unley where Tom's sister Annie and May's brother George were witnesses.
May was born on the 19th of April 1886 at Koonunga, and had 18 siblings including her twin sister Ruby Murray.
In 1912 Tom took over the running of the Modbury Hotel, which still exists today on North East Road Modbury. About a year later Tom, May and their baby daughter Constance May (Connie) moved to Western Australia where Tom worked on the Railways. In November 1914 my grandfather Sydney Thomas was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Tom and his family moved through Western Australia with the Railway, and it was in Perth that he decided to enlist in the AIF, becoming a Private with the 4th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion. May and the children returned to Adelaide, living in a house on South Terrace in the city centre.
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