Regimental number | 55 |
Place of birth | Mudgee, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Ulan via Mudgee, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 11.5" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, William Carr, Ulan via Mudgee, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 36th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/53/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 30th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 64 Sergeant Claude CARR, 36th Bn, killed in action, 12 October 1917; 2393 Pte Walter CARR, 45th Bn, killed in action, 8 June 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 13 May 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 9 July 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 22 November 1916. Wounded in action, Belgium, 10 June 1917 (gun shot wound, testicles and right thigh); admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance, 11 June 1917, and transferred to Casualty Clearing Station, and thence to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Boulogne; to England, 25 June 1917, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Stourbridge Section; transferred to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, 26 July 1917; discharged on furlough, 28 July 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, 4 August 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Lyttleton', 19 October 1917; arrived Melbourne, 15 December 1917, for onward travel overland to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: wounded), Sydney, 19 January 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CARR John Laves |