CARLE, William
| Service Number: | 2806 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia , 19 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Plunkett Street Public School, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 4 February 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2806, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2806, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2806, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 4 Feb 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2806, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2806 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Carle was the son of Andrew and Ellen Carle, of Alexandria, New South Wales. His younger brother, 415 Pte. John Carle 1st Battalion AIF, had died of wounds from the Gallipoli Lone Pine fighting after being evacuated to Malta, on 28 August 1915, aged 24.
William arrived on the Western Front during autumn 1916 and was killed in action near Goudecourt in France on 4 February 1917.
A Sergeant Hardy of the 13th Battalion wrote “I knew Carle quite well, He was killed at Goudecourt in the charge just entering a German trench, in a very tough operation, where we charged across 300-400 yards and took Fritz’s trenches. A bomb burst near him and killed him instantly We covered him up with our coats and he was buried afterwards at Flers. He had been recommended for the Military Medal after the charge at Flers, and I think he got it later. He was a good worker and a lance-corporal.”
The attack was on Stormy Trench, and Harry Murray of the 13th Battalion won a Victoria Cross during this action, “For most conspicuous bravery.”