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CARTER, Norman Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5363 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dongara, Western Australia, 15 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Dongara, Irwin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Dongara State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmhand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 6 May 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dongara War Memorial, Nabawa Upper Chapman Valley Road Board WW1 District Roll of Honour, Nabawa War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5363, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill. | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5363, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5363, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nola Holt
Norman Leslie Carter was the son of George Henry Carter (1863-1955) and Phoebe Elizabeth Criddle (1870-1960) of Dongara. He was one of eight children.
He was killed aged 21 years at the Second Battle of Bullecourt but has no known grave. His memorial is at Villers-Bretonneaux in France. He enlisted in January 1916 two days after his brother Percy. He was wounded in the back,leg and face in February 1917 and spent six weeks recovering. He rejoined his Battalion on 20 April 1917 only to be killed in action a few weeks later.