CARPENTER, George Edwin
| Service Number: | 506 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire, England., 1887 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carriage builder |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 506, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 506, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1887
Carpenter George Edwin Highworth 5a 23
Regimental number 506-19th Battalion, B Company
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 4114
Rank -Sapper
4th Field Company Engineers
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Returned to Australia 27 July 1917
Father, G J Carpenter, 67 Kent Street, Wiltshire, England.
He is remembered for his war service on the ROLL OF HONOUR as one of the men of the Trinity Presbyterian Church, Swindon
"Who for Truth and Honour's Sake Stood Fast and Suffered Long"
[but the current location of the Roll of Honour is unknown.]
(Also honoured on this memorial is Australian soldier W.T. Jones but no record of him has been found.)
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