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CARTER, Edwin Johnson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2880 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 1885 |
| Home Town: | Nullawarre, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Drowning-passenger on RMS Leinster, Irish Sea, Irish Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, 10 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Grangegorman Military Cemetery Australian CE 2, Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nirranda and District Honor Roll, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2880, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2880, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 33 and the son of Fanny Carter, of 37, Jamieson St., Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, and the late Joseph Carter. He was a Farmer, and had enlisted in January 1916. He was wounded in August 1918, and had been convalescing in Ireland. He died when the RMS Leinster was sunk by torpedo en route from Ireland to Anglesey.
He was one of six Australian born Great War Soldiers who perished in this attack.
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Joseph and Fanny CARTER
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