CARNE, John Charles
| Service Number: | 1521 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 December 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Elementary School, England |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the HELLES MEMORIAL at Panels 203 to 206 or 332. , Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1521, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1521, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1521, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Melbourne 1914 aged 20 years with the plans of later travelling to Perth, WA to join his sister
Son of Joseph and Mary Carne of 16 Alberton Buildings, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served in the Territorial Forces for 4 years
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
6th (Victoria) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division, Australian Imperial Force.
Births Mar 1894 Carne John Charles Penzance 5c 244
Second son of of John and Mary Carne of 16 Alverne Buildings, Penzance. Emigrated to Australia in 1914 and enlisted in Melbourne where he had been engaged in agriculture.
Previously he was a messenger boy for the Penzance Post Office, a drummer in the Territorial Bugle Band and also in the Boys’ Brigade.
He is honoured on The Penzance Roll of Honour located in the small chapel in Penlee Memorial Garden.
He is remembered on the St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, on the Penzance War Memorial and in the Penzance Book of Remembrance. There was a family memorial plaque in the United Methodist Church in Parade Street (now the Acorn Theatre) but its present whereabouts are unknown.
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