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CARTER, Harry Hartley
| Service Numbers: | 4682, 4812 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Jamestown, South Australia, 15 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Wilmington, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brighton, South Australia, 25 October 1979, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Hammond Roll of Honor, Snowtown & District Roll of Honor, Wilmington District WW1 Honour Boards |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4682, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4682, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4812, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Pte Harry Hartley CARTER - My Father Ruth Ellen Hough (nee Carter) (F68 Lt Ruth Carter, Korea)
He joined the AIF in Adelaide on 14 Feb 1916, aged 18 years, 3 months.
He embarked from Australia on HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916. On the 5th September he was with the 12th Reinforcement which joined the 2nd Division in Belgium and was then transferred to the 27th Battalion on 19th September 1916.
I do not know when the Battalion went to France but he was wounded during a battle on the 10th/11th of June 1918 South of Morlancourt near Albert, when he went out alone and under heavy fire repaired the communication wires which had been severed by the Germans. He only spoke of this once - and that was the day I asked him about it.
He was awarded the Military Medal for bravey and re-joined the Battalion from hospital on 31st July 1918. By then the 27th Battalion had marched south, crossed the River Somme near Lamotte and relieved the 38th Battalion at Blangy-Tronville and were involved in the Villers-Brettoneux battles. On 31st July they relieved the 26th Battalion in the Aubigney system, with their HQ at the White Chateau. On August 8th the Battalion was involved in what was referred to in the book "The Blue & Brown Diamond" as "the last quarter" and, after a 3 hour march early in the morning via the eastern and northern edge of Villers-Brettoneux to its assembly position, were met with more shelling which they counter attacked. The battles continued until 5/6 October 1918 when they were relieved by the American Infantry.
On 24 December 1918 H.R.H the Prince of Wales presented the medals awarded to the troops of the 7th Brigade throughout the recent fighting including my Father and 5 others from the 27th Battalion.
On 22 Feb 1919 he was transferred to the Postal Corps until he returned to Australia in August. He was discharged on 19 Oct 1919 after serving 3 years, 248 days (3 years and 139 days overseas.)
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