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Howard James Christopher CARR

Regimental number19837
Place of birthKoroit, Victoria
Other NamesHoward Jones
SchoolGeelong Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStudent
AddressSt John's Vicarage, Dunolly, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Rev H J Carr, St John's Vicarage, Dunolly, Victoria
Enlistment date8 December 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 8, Battery 30
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/36/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 31 March 1919
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBrighton Cemetery (Plot 2A, Grave No 1258), Brighton, Victoria
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Rev H and Emma CARR. Native of Koroit, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 23 October 1918 (shrapnel wound, chest and spine); admitted to 10th General Hospital, Rouen; invalided to England, and thence to Australia, and admitted to Caulfield Military hospital; died of wounds, 30 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death30 September 1919

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