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David William CARMAN

Regimental number2646
Place of birthKeilli, South Australia
SchoolWards Hill Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressPort Broughton, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Carman, Port Broughton, South Australia
Enlistment date30 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 23 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialHangard Communal Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 18), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Elizabeth CARMAN, Kelvin Grove, Lockleys, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 521 Lance Corporal Clement Claude CARMAN, 27th Bn, killed in action, 5 November 1916; 5063 Pte Roland Clarence CARMAN, 10th Bn, killed in action, 8 April 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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