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CARTER, Francis Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 813 |
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Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Ripponlea, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Murrumbeena, Glen Eira, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Illness - Enteric Fever, 3 General Hospital Hospital, Mudros, Greece, 8 September 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Portianos Military Cemetery Plot 1V, Row C, Grave 255 Rev. McPherson officiated Headstone inscription reads: Sacred heart of Jesus have mercy on his soul, Portianos Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 813, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ripponlea, Victoria | |
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21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 813, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 813, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
1 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 813, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds unknown |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Potts Carter and Catherine Carter of 212 North Road, Brighton, Victoria, formerly of Sydney Street, Murrumbeena.Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal