CARR, James
| Service Number: | 2115 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kincardineshire, Scotland, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fettercairn Public School, Kincardineshire, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial C. 94. INSCRIPTION THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT , Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2115, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2115, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2115, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Date of Death cannot be accurately determined; it was known to have occurred between 06/08/1915 and 09/08/1915.
2nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 41 and the son of Margaret Carr, of Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and the late James Carr.
He is one of three Australian soldiers of the Great War commemorated on the Fettercairn War Memorial.
Fettercairn (/ˌfɛtərˈkɛərn/, Scottish Gaelic: Fothair Chàrdain) is a small village in Scotland, northwest of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire on the B966 from Edzell. Fettercairn is also reached via the Cairn O' Mount road (B974) from Deeside.
Address of War Memorial:
New Cemetery on the B966 road at Fettercairn, Scotland
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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