CARTER, William Henry
| Service Number: | 4313 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | 1955, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4313, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4313, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
William Henry Carter was born in Footscray, Victoria. He enrolled for the War at age 39 years and 2 months. He was 5’10 and 3 quarters, had grey eyes and grey hair. Before and during the war, he was a baker. He was married to Gladys Maud and together they had 4 children: Ray, Alan, Bevan and 1 unknown. Carter also was part of the Church of England as his religion. Shown in his records, he did not have any previous military service or experience before the first war. During the war, he was in the 10th Battalion and 13th Reinforcement.
William Henry Carter's enlistment date was the 11th August 1915. His Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board the ship HMAT A30 Borda on 11 January 1916. It was planned for the Australian emigrant route through Cape Town and built for the Pacific & Orient Steam Navigation Company of London. It was afterwards leased by the Commonwealth until September 10, 1917. It made six journeys from Australia with soldier troops during its period leased to the Commonwealth. During his time in the war, he was injured badly enough to need to go to hospital. His casualty form shows, 7.7.16 was promoted to Corporal and on 23.6.16 was taken in strength but records do not show where. On 20.10.16, Carter was promoted to Sergeant and reverted to the ranks also not saying where. From 13.5.17, he was on leave. He re-joined the battalion on 2.6.17. Carter then shows to be wounded in the field on 28.10.17. He terribly injured his arm and left shoulder and had to be put in hospital. During this time, he also got sick. He stayed in a hospital in Bulford from 28.10.17 until 1.3.18. On 17.4.18-14.5.18 he was transferred to a new hospital, but records don’t show to where. On 7.6.18 – 9.6.18, he proceeded to join new unit from England. On 15.6.18, Carter re-joined the battalion. Later on, he was put under authority and was sent to the base to be a baker. From then on, he was a baker and on the 8.2.19 returned to England and was disembarked from England. He returned back to Australia on 19 April 1919.
Years later aged 78, he passed away on October 27th, 1955. His funeral was conducted privately on a Friday at the Centennial Park Cemetery. His last known Address was 98 Rosetta Street, West Croydon. Some family members mentioned on his death certificate are Gladys Maude, who was his wife, 3 of his 4 children being Ray, Alan, and Bevan, and Jess who was Alans’s wife. He also had Trevor, Valerie, Gary, Sue and Rodney who were all his grandchildren but also his great grandchildren David and Julie.