Leslie Matthew CARTER

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Service Number:	5052
Enlisted:	1 February 1916, Enlisted at Prahran
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Died of wounds - shell wounds to the leg and buttocks, 17th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, 26 October 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX11, Row C, Grave 18 Headstone inscription reads: Father in thy heavenly keeping leave we now our loved one sleeping, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5052, Enlisted at Prahran
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5052, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5052, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
24 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5052, Third Ypres, Shell wounds to the leg and buttocks

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Son of Matthew and Stella Maria Carter of 35 Laburnum Street, Brighton, Victoria formerly of 4 Hartley Street, Brighton Beach, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Senior Cadets and the Citizen Military Forces