Regimental number | 1793 |
Place of birth | Invercargill |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Draper |
Address | Queen Victoria Road, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | R B Carter, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 3, Battery 8 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/31/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Shell Green Cemetery (Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 26), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 12 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | 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 and Lucy CARTER. Native of Invercargill, New Zealand |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 6015 Sapper Philip Grant CARTER, 17th Light Railway Operating Company, returned to Australia, 1 June 1919; 2641 Pte Geoffrey Grant CARTER, 16th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 October 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |