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Henry CARROLL

Regimental number17461
Place of birthEudunda, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGranger
Address43 Farrant Street, Prospect, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Ann Carroll, 43 Farrant Street, Prospect, South Australia
Enlistment date2 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameDivisional Signal Company 5, Engineer Reinforcements 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/15/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Military Medal

'For courage and devotion to duty. These men [CARROLL and 18792 A.L. GATE] are members of No. 3 Section of this Company attached to the 14th Australian Infantry Brigade. At 4 a.m. on the 30th September 1918 on the BELLENGLISE - BELLICOURT front the 53rd and 55th Battalions were ordered to march 4 kilos. to attack the Le CATELET system at 6 a.m. The two linemen were the only two men available to send from the advanced signal office at BELLICOURT to run a line 3000 yards in length to to connect up the proposed forward Battalion Headquarters. The country over which they had to lay the line was covered with enemy wire which made it most difficult to work over. In spite of difficulties communication was established between Battalions and Brigade headquarters before the hour of attack. During the attack the enemy put a heavy machine gun barrage on the ground over which the cable ran. These men not only kept the first cable in working order, working under fire from the enemy, but succeeded in laying a second line. It was due to their devotion to duty and courage that communication was successfully maintained during important operations.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109
Date: 15 September 1919

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death6 February 1937

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