Roy Elliott CARTER MM

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CARTER, Roy Elliott

Service Number:	446
Enlisted:	4 January 1916
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 12 October 1894
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Fulham Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk [Corporation of Adelaide]
Died:	7 August 1976, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Portion: Ptr Ct Row: Wall 201 Plot: I034
Memorials:	Adelaide Corporation WW1 Honour Board, Eudunda and District WW2 Honour Roll, Hindmarsh Star of Freedom Tent No 4 IOOR WW1 Roll of Honor, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board

World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 446, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 446, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
16 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 43rd Infantry Battalion
16 Aug 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette: 16 August 1917 on page 8426 at position 78 Commonwealth Gazette: 20 December 1917 on page 3376 at position 88
2 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 43rd Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography

War service: Western Front; Wounded in action, Ypres, Belgium, 31 July 1917; invalided to Woolwich, England; returned to duty, 16 February 1918. Commenced return to Australia, 3 July 1919; disembarked Australia, 21 August 1919; discharged, 5 October 1919. - Son of Clara Ellen and John Rogers Carter; Brother: 57178 Pte Leslie Albert CARTER, 9th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 15 July 1919.

Biography

Son of Clara Ellen and John Rogers Carter Served in France and Belgium. Wounded in action, Ypres, Belgium, 31 July 1917; invalided to Woolwich, England; returned to duty, 16 February 1918. Commenced return to Australia, 3 July 1919; disembarked Australia, 21 August 1919; discharged, 5 October 1919.

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