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BATHURST BOYS WOUNDED
Word came to Bathurst on Saturday that Private Fred Carter, son-in-law of Mrs. Fogarty, 10 Henry-street, had been wounded at the Dardanelles. The wounded man was in the 4th Brigade, 3rd Battalion. He hails from Bingara, and was a member of the Maitland police force prior to joining the expeditionary force at Bathurst. - The Bathurst Times, 24 May 1915 (nla.gov.au).

HAPPY IN HOSPITAL.
STREAM OF WOUNDED SLACKENING. STACKS OF CIGARETES.
Private Fred Carter writes from Luna Park Hospital, Helliopolis, to his wife, Mrs. F. Carter, Henry-street, under date May 14, to say that his wounded thigh was getting on well and that he expected to go into convalescent camp in a day or two. Private Carter conveys the cheerful intelligence that great work continues in the Dardanelles, but that it is not quite as hot and there are not so many wounded coming in. Latterly the Turks have been getting it particularly deadly. The writer intimates that he is having a good time in the hospital, with concerts nearly every day and night. Chocolates, fruit and cigarettes are provided by thoughtful people. There are stacks of cigarettes, and Private Carter had just had some cigarettes and chocolate donated by Mrs. Teasdale Smith, of South Australia. Visitors always ask if there is anything the men want and are very kind indeed.
Private Carter had not received many letters that had been written to him. He surmised that they would be at the mail headquarters at the Dardanelles and that they would be forwarded to him sooner or later in accord with the fortunes of war. - National Advocate, 25 June 1915 (nla.gov.au).

A BINGARA SOLDIER
...After 5 weeks spell he again went to the front and was engaged in the Lone Pine battle, ... While training in Egypt, according to previous letters received by his wife, met a cousin named Pte. David Carter, whom he had not seen for many years. They became bosom friends, and fought side by side, both at Anzac and Lone Pine... - The Inverell Times, 11 April 1916 (nla.gov.au). 

Private Carter Missing.
Mrs. Carter, 10 Henry-street, Bathurst, last night received a wire from Colonel Lascombe, Victoria Barracks, saying that her husband, Private Fred Carter, has been missing since between the 7th and 12th. The Colonel added: 'Will advise on receiving further particulars.' - The Bathurst Times, 2 September 1915 (nla.gov.au).

A Glen lnnes Hero.
Private Fred Carter Aged 33,
Reported missing between August 7 and August 12
Third son of Mr. D. Carter, of Manilla, and nephew of Mr. T. Courtney, Swan Yale, Glen Innes. He was born at Swan Vale, and prior to enlistment was connected with the police force in Sydney. He married just before sailing for Egypt. - Glen Innes Examiner, 1 November 1915 (nla.gov.au).

Private F. Carter
A PRISONER OF WAR.
After months of anxiety Mrs. Carter, of Henry street, Bathurst, has received definite information that her husband, Pte. F Carter, who has been missing since the Lone Pine engagement, is now a prisoner of war in Turkey... - National Advocate, 22 March 1916 (nla.gov.au).

DISAPPEARANCE OF PTE. F. CARTER. 
OFFICIALLY REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION. 
The mystery surrounding the disappearing on Gallipoli of Private F. Carter has been cleared up, after 14 months of anxiety for his wife and relatives. It is now officially reported that the private was killed in the Lone Pine battle, between August 7 and 12, 1915.
Deceased's wife, who resides with her mother in Henry-street, Bathurst, it will be remembered, tried for many months to communicate with, or get some definite information concerning the whereabouts of her ill-fated husband. She even had letters returned by the Turkish authorities on the ground that they contained more than the limited number of lines — four. A letter to the Geneva Red Cross Society and numerous communications with the A.I.F. Offices in London and the Defence Department, Melbourne, were also of no avail... - National Advocate, 28 October 1916 (nla.gov.au).