CARTER, Francis George Howard
| Service Number: | 26 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian Army Service Corps Company |
| Born: | Willowie, South Australia, 28 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Moorook, Loxton Waikerie, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanical Engineer |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Randwick, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 26, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 26, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 26, 1st Australian Army Service Corps Company , Embarked on A23 "Suffolk" in Sydney NSW | |
| 17 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Di Barrie
George was born in Willowie on December 28, 1888. His parents George Howard and Charlotte (nee March) Carter farmed sections 108 and 196 Hundred of Willowie until 1890 when they moved to Broken Hill.
When Frank enlisted on 22 August 1914 at Randwick, he was working as a mechanical engineer at the Broken Hill Propriety Mine. His next of kin was his widowed mother Charlotte, who was living at Moorook in South Australia. He enlisted into the NSW based 2 Battalion A Company and with the SN of 26 was one of the very earliest enlistments. The unit embarked from Sydney NSW on board the A23 ‘Suffolk’ on the 18 October 1914 bound as part of the ANZAC Convoy for Europe but disembarked in Egypt.
He served at Gallipoli with the 2 Battalion and was hospitalised for illness on Lemnos in Sept 1915 then transferred back to Cairo in October 1915. He served on the Suez before embarking with his battalion to France in 1916. He transferred as a Driver with the Army Service Corp Motor Transport in March 1917 and served on the Western Front. In 1918 he was hospitalised with severe infections on his legs, requiring hospitalisation in England.
He was discharged on the 17 January 1919, and having married an English girl, stayed in England and lived at 28 Winsham Grove, Clapham Common, London. SW11.
Source: "Diggers From the Dust" Di Barrie & Andrew Barrie
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