Thomas John CARR MID

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Service Number:	513
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

23 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 513, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
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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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

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