CARTER, Richard Balfour
| Service Number: | 6779 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 November 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Tighes Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cooks Hill Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Moscheto Island, Kooragang, N.S.W., 27 October 1932, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-121. 16. |
| Memorials: | Cook's Hill Superior Public School |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 6779, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 6779, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 7 Nov 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6779, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 20 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6779, 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell
A forgotten digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.
Lance Corporal Richard Balfour Carter, 4th Australian Machine Gun Battalion, engineer (fitter, A. Goninan and Company), of 74 Elizabeth Street, Tighes Hill, New South Wales and Moscheto Island, Kooragang, N.S.W., father of one, was laid to rest on the 27th October 1932, age 46. ANGLICAN 2-121. 16.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165942305
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135502090
Born at Stockton, New South Wales on the 16th December 1885 to Thomas and Hannah Carter; husband of Ethel Maud Carter nee Madsen (married 1920, died 1928 - possibly ANGLICAN 2. 134. 76.), Richard enlisted November 1916 with the 22nd Battalion at Sydney, N.S.W., and returned home August 1919.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139444329
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140076302
Richard’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour (photo, board 1, unveiled on the 5th September 1918), but unfortunately not inscribed on the A. Goninan and Company Roll of Honor.
For 83 years Mr Carter had been resting in an unmarked grave, so I have placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=417915#grave-photo-1
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135482237
An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip submitted August 2019.
Lest We Forget.
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