Regimental number | 2641 |
Place of birth | Blackburn England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Draper |
Address | 126 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, R B Carter, 126 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 16th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/33/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 16th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Date of death | |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 79 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Headstone inscription reads: 'In Loving Memory. Our dear comrade Geoffrey Grant Carter who died on 29th March 1917 from wounds received at Pozieres on 10th August 1916. Erected by Frank Fox and Truman Thompson On Active Service.' Commemorated (marble tablet) in St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle, Western Australia. Inscription reads: 'To the glory of God. The Choir Vestry was erected A.D. 1922 in grateful memory of the men from this parish who gave their lives for God and King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919. "Their name liveth for evermore."' Parents: Richard Beale CARTER (1863-1944; bu. Fremantle) and Lucy Agnes KILGRASTON (1868-1948; bu. Fremantle) |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1793 Pte Stanley CARTER, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action, 17 July 1915; 6015 Sapper Philip Grant CARTER, 17th Light Railway Operating Company, returned to Australia, 1 June 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Wounded in action, Pozieres, France, 10 August 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |