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MINGE, Carl Heinrick Albert
| Service Number: | 128 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tanunda, South Australia, October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Charleville, Murweh, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | 18 July 1958, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 128, 43rd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 128, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 128, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
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Carl Heinrich Albert Minge was born in Tanunda, South Australia in October 1892, Tanunda was a mostly Prussian settlement in South Australia. He was born to Carl Gustav Minge and Emma Marie Elisabeth Minge, of which Carl was born on October 23rd, 1862 in Schonborn, South Australia; and Emma was born on August 27th, 1865 in New Mecklenburg in South Australia. Minge had six siblings: including Wilhelm Hugo Minge and Anna Louise Wilhelmine Schmidt (née Minge). He was a devout presbyterian. Before the war, Minge worked as a carpenter.
He enlisted in the army on January 16th, 1916 at the age of 23 years 3 months being single at Adelaide, South Australia at the height of 5 foot 5 inches, weight of 138 lbs. The training that he was required to undertake was held in Morphettville.
On 9th June 1916, Minge along with his battalion embarked on the HMAT A19 Afric from Morphettville to Albany, where they arrived on 12th June.
From Albany, his battalion then set sail to Colombo, arriving on 26th June 1916. The battalion entered the Suez Canal and arrived at Port Said. They then left for Southampton and embarked for France on 25th November. There the battalion engaged in combat with the invading Germans. While in the trenches in March 1917, Minge contracted numerous diseases, one of which was a severe case of eczema, an inflammation of the skin due to the poor hygiene inside the trenches. This caused him to be hospitalized for the latter days of March and the entirety of April. He re-joined the battalion on 14th May 1917 but was wounded in action from a battle in the field in mid-June 1917 during the battle of Messines while in the trenches. After the battle, he was evacuated to England to recover. He rejoined his battalion after the severe fighting at Ypres in October 1917. Minge was gassed on 26th May 1918 and returned to duty in early July. From the Period onwards, Minge joined and re-joined the 43rd Battalion and returned to Australia and was discharged in early December 1919.
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