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Edgar Alfred CARTER

Regimental number4362
Place of birthLondon England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressPaparoa, Payne Street, Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs harriet Elizabeth Carter, 29 Cathness Road, North Kensington, London, England
Enlistment date9 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Corporal
Unit name26th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 30 March 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialProspect Hill Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 2), Gouy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents Edgar and Harriett CARTER, 29 Caithness Road, Blyth Road, West Kensington, London, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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