CARTER, Leslie Matthew
| Service Number: | 5052 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1916, Enlisted at Prahran |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1897 |
| 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, aged 20 years |
| 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, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5052, Enlisted at Prahran | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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
Biography contributed by Pamela Maillard
He is my Dads Uncle.
An 18 year old printer prior to enlisting on 1 February 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 1 April 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk.
He was wounded in action on 24 October 1917 near Passchendaele, Belgium and died of those wounds on 26 October 1917.
Pte Carter is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C72242
It was used to transport Australian soldiers between Fremantle, Western Australia and Plymouth, England.
It sailed this route at least once in late 1916.
The HMAT Suffolk. carried troops from Fremantle departing on 10/Oct/1916 and arriving at Plymouth on 02/Dec/1916.
From Ship Log of Logs Vol 1 & 2 by Ian Nicholson:
Suffolk
1908 - 1910, TSS, 7573 ton, (built 1902) of Federal Steam Navigation Company. UK-Aust trade.
1914 - 1919. Fitted out as troop transport A 23 at Brisbane. Part of convoy to Suez, Oct-Nov 1914. Made further voyages with Australian troops. Struck a mine in English Channel 26 Dec 1916, but made Portsmouth safely. Collided with the Ulysses at Durban 14 June 1917; Commonwealth control ended on 30 August 1917. There is a war diary , 1916 - 1919 by the AIF trooping staff aboard held by the AWM.
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