George William CARPENTER

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CARPENTER, George William

Service Numbers:	2251, 831
Enlisted:	5 November 1915, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Clongarth Farm, Somerset, England , August 1886
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	National School, Chapmanslade, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 12 March 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:	Redbank War Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2251, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
11 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2251, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2251, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
5 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
7 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2251, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Medically Unfit
28 Jul 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 831, Munitions Worker
4 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Tuberculosis of the Lung.

George William Carpenter.

CARPENTER, George William. Trooper, No. 2251, 15th Rfts. 5th Light Horse. Born at Congarth Farm, Somerset, in 1893, and educated at the National School, Chapmanslade, England. Son of William James and Elizabeth Esther Pearce Carpenter, of Pullborough Farm, Sussex, England. Was married on the 5th May, 1917, to Agnes King, daughter of the late Thomas and Agnes King. Enlisted at Brisbane, on 5th November, 1915, and sailed for Egypt on 11th March, landing at Port Said on 15th April, and went to Tel el-Kebir for training. Was invalided to Australia in August, 1916, and was discharged medically unfit. He then went as a war-worker in July, 1917, and returned on 3rd October, 1918, again medically unfit.
Queenslanders Who Fought in The Great War by Owen Wildman.

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