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Thomas Augustine CARTER

Regimental number2111
Place of birthCrystal Brook, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinWife, Lillian May Carter, GPO Perth, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date14 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Corporal
Unit name28th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 1 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 June 1918
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 11), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Jamestown Cemetery, South Australia. Parents: Michael (d. 17 July 1924, aged 74; bu. Jamestown Cemetery) and Mary Ann CARTER (d. 24 September 1924, aged 68; bu. Jamestown Cemetery)
Family/military connectionsBrother: Sergeant Claude Isadore CARTER, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 1 July 1919.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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