CARTER, Albert Budd
| Service Number: | 695 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sunderland, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Furnaceman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bellicourt British Cemetery Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extension, Villers-Faucon, Roisel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 695, 14th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 695, 14th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 695, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 695 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Carter
In 2014, LTCOL Glyn Llanwarne of the Australian Army and founder of Lost Medals Australia contacted me concerning a set of World War I medals which had been found and passed to him. After extensive research by his team, he established I was the next of kin of the medal recipient, Albert Budd Carter.
Until this time I had no knowledge of Albert my Great Uncle, let alone of his war service and death in action on the Western Front in World War I. Albert's medals were repatriated to me later in 2014 and so began my interest in him and in his army service.
In 2017 as Ambassador to AWAMO, I was privileged to be involved in the dedication of the first overseas Australian memorial to animals at war at Pozières, France. Albert was buried at Bellicourt Military Cemetery 45 km from Pozières, and during a stay in Pozières I spent some time at his grave. The period on the Somme had a lasting and profound impression on me. The scale and complexity of the conflict together with the realisation of Albert's supreme sacrifice encouraged me to undertake some further research.
The result of this research is covered in a document provided under Links and Dcoument (to the left) under the title - Albert Budd Carter 1877-1918_Graham Carter
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