CARRE, Maurice Tennant
| Service Number: | 1113 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ryde, Isle of Wight, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St. John's, Leatherhead. |
| Occupation: | Lloyd's of London. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot I. Row E. Grave 13., Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1113, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1113, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Private 1113, 1st Battalion, Australian Infantry (AIF). Killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey, on Thursday 2nd September 1915 at Gallipoli (Turkey).Aged 31.
His brothers. Captain Gilbert Trenchard Carre and Lieutenant Edward Mervyn Carre were killed in action whilst serving with British forces.
They were the three sons of Florence Carre of 8, Rodney Place, Clifton, Bristol, and the late Rev. Arthur A. Carre (Rector of Smarden, Kent). Amongst their addresses was 11, Grosvenor Rd., East Grinstead, Sussex.
He was originally in the Naval Reserve.
He emigrated to Australia aged 29, circa 1913.
The brothers are commemorated on the Smarden village war memorial in Kent. The war memorial is a plaque fixed to the outside of the church wall (St Michaels Church).
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