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CARR, Thomas John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 513 |
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Enlisted: | 23 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1876 |
Home Town: | Gwalia, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Engine Driver |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 18 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 50, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leonora Honour Roll, Leonora Road Board District Roll of Honor, Leonora War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 513, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 513, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 513, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
13 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), In the field | |
18 Aug 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 513, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 513 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-08-18 | |
Date unknown: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded, and promulgated London Gazette, Supplement, No. 29354, 5 November 1915, page 11003 position 6; Commonwealth Gazette, No. 12, 27 January 1916 page 157 position 4 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Fanny Carr of Gwalia, WA, last known address (1923) was 921 Hay Street, Perth, WA. Father of Alexander Gibson Carr
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Cadets