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John Moody CARRINGTON

Regimental number6888
Place of birthSwan Hill, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStation hand
AddressYarrara Station, via Holbrook, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, H Carrington, Yarrara Station, via Holbrook, New South Wales
Enlistment date8 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Port Nicholson on 8 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot III, Row I, Grave No. 18), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
35
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Annie CARRINGTON, Yarrara Station, Holbrook, New South Wales. Born at Swan Hill, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 121 Pte Douglas CARRINGTON, 11th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action, 19 May 1917; 1323 Pte Gordon Henry CARRINGTON, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 29 July 1918.

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