Arthur Oliver CARR

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CARR, Arthur Oliver

Service Numbers:	172, 172A
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 August 1892
Home Town:	Annerley, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Natural causes (heart attack), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 December 1953, aged 61 years
Cemetery:	St Augustines Anglican Church Columbarium, Hamilton, Brisbane City, Queensland Commemorated at Queensland Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 172, Brisbane, Queensland
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 172, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 172, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
25 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 172A, 14th Infantry Battalion

Arthur and the western Front

My Name is Kirsty Hjort and I'm very proud great grand daughter of Arthur after spending many years pouring over his service records and still doing further research.

short version:

I have some further information to add in records from with war diaries where he is mentioned and the cheeky lad was in trouble as noted in his service records, for being AWL twice and docked pay while in France. 1st time for 24 hours and the 2nd time for 4 days. he found Himself on the western front in the somme this was where he was wounded in the back and eventually sent back to Australia.

the shrapnel would remain in him and this would eventually kill him and lead to a heart attack in 1953.

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