CARRISON, Albert William
| Service Number: | 6487 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port MacDonnell, South Australia, Australia, 21 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Port MacDonnell, Grant, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 January 1918, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais II D 2 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kongorong Oval Memorial Gates, Mount Gambier War Memorial, Port MacDonnell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6487, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6487, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide |
Enlistment date
The AIF Project
Australian ANZACS in the Great War. 1914-1918
Regimental number: 6487
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Port McDonald, South Australia
Marital status: Single
Age at embarkation: 22
Next of kin: Mother, Mrs A C Carrison, Port McDonald, South Australia
Enlistment date: 15 August 1916
Rank on enlistment: Private
Unit name: 10th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number: 23/27/4
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Private
Unit from Nominal Roll: 10th Battalion
Fate: Died of wounds 9th January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records: 23
Place of burial: Trois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, grave No. 2), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 58
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Commemorated in Port MacDonnell Cemetery, South Australia. Parents: George and Anna CARRISON, Port McDonnell, South Australia
Other details War service: Western Front
Submitted 24 November 2020 by Guy Carrison
Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt
Son of George Albert Carrsion and Anna Christina Thomsen