Leonard Ronald (Ron) CARTER

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Service Number:	W1870
Enlisted:	19 November 1940
Last Rank:	Leading Stoker
Last Unit:	HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 10 June 1916
Home Town:	Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Stoker
Died:	Illness, Victoria, Australia, 20 August 2016, aged 100 years
Cemetery:	Bunurong Memorial Park, Victoria Cremation
Memorials:

19 Nov 1940:	Involvement W1870, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
19 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, W1870
9 Apr 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Leading Stoker, W1870, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)

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Leonard Ronald CARTER was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 10th June, 1916

His parents were William Bertram CARTER & Ruby Evelyn Claudia BENSCH who married in St. Pauls Church in Adelaide on 3rd October, 1908

He married Ennis May SHIPP in Victoria in 1944

Leonard died in Victoria on 20th August, 2016, aged 100 years & late of Manor, Baxter Village

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His brother Rothney Alex CARTER (SN 28288) served during WW2 in the RAAF & died on 2nd May, 1945 in Burma