Regimental number | 63720 |
Place of birth | Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW |
School | Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Gordon, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, H.H. Carey, 'Valeyria', Rosedale Street, Gordon, New South Wales |
Previous military service | 19th Infantry; Served with Citizen Military |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 35 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/128/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Orontes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | A.F.A. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Heytesbury Camp, Salisbury Plains, England |
Age at death | 20 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Sutton Veny (St John) Churchyard (Plot 365, Row E, Grave No 17) Wiltshire |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 22 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Harry and Lilias CAREY, 18 Bridge Street, Sydney. Born at Gordon, Sydney |
Family/military connections | Nephew of Major C M Featherstonhaugh DSO, 12 LH |
Other details |
War service: England. Embarked Sydney, 5 June 1918; admitted to Ship's Hospital, 9 July 1918 (gastritis); discharged, 10 July 1918; disembarked Liverpool, England, 11 August 1918; marched into Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery, Heytesbury, 12 August 1918. Admitted to Sutton Veny Military Hospital, 13 October 1918 (influenza, seriously ill). Died, 16 October 1918 (influenza, and pneumonia). Buried, St John's Evangelist Church, Sutton Veny, 19 October 1918. War Medal: British War Medal. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CAREY William Hardacre |