Claude Isadore CARTER

Badge Number: S5806
S5806

CARTER, Claude Isadore

Service Number: 1052
Enlisted: 8 January 1915
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Crystal Brook, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling: Crystal Brook Public School, South Australia
Occupation: Cricketer
Died: Jamestown, South Australia, 23 July 1923, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Jamestown Cemetery, South Australia
Plot: FE17
Memorials: Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Jamestown Canowie Belt Honour Roll, Jamestown Canowie Belt Yongala Estate Volunteers Roll of Honour, Jamestown Soldier's Memorial Park Arch
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World War 1 Service

8 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1052
24 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1052, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
24 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1052, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Sergeant, 1052
Date unknown: Wounded 1052, 1st Field Artillery Brigade

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Biography

Father Michael Carter and Mother Mary Carter, Jamestown, South Australia

Brother:    2111 Corporal Thomas Augustine CARTER
                28th Battalion
                1/7/1918   died of wounds

Described on enlisting as 24yrs 9mths old; single; 5' 10" tall; 145lbs;
fair complexion; blue eyes; fair hair; Roman Catholic

8/1/1915      enlisted at Oaklands, SA

20/1/1915    appointed to Base Depot Light Horse, Oaklands Camp

24/6/1915     embarked from Port Adelaide, SA, onboard HMAT A61 Kanowna
                    Private in 9th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement

7/11/1915     transferred to Divisional Headquarters

10/11/1915   sick to hospital, Fisherman's Hut, ANZAC
14/11/1915   sick to hospital, Gallipoli
21/11/1915   admitted to Bombay Presidency General Hospital
21/12/1915   admitted to No.1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis
1/1/1916       admitted Convalescent Depot
18/1/1916     rejoined unit

6/3/1916       transferred to 3rd Light Horse

1/4/1916       transferred to 5th Division Artillery

17/6/1916     proceeding to join British Expeditionary Forces, ex Alexandria
                    embarked onboard HT Hazam
21/6/1916     disembarked into Marseilles, France

9/7/1916       transferred to 25th Field Artillery Brigade

31/12/1916   promoted to Bombadier, France

27/1/1917     taken on strength of 6th Field Artillery Brigade, France

10/2/1917     sick to 5th Division Rest Station
16/3/1917     discharged to duty

16/3/1917     transferred to Artillery detials from General Base Depot, France

25/3/1917     taken on strength 3rd Army Field Artillery Brigade, France

25/6/1917     transferred to 1st Field Artillery Brigade

27/9/1917     on leave to UK
14/10/1917   rejoined unit from leave in France

10/4/1918     sick to hospital
13/4/1918     admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital
25/5/1918     discharged to Base Depot

7/7/1918       sick to hospital
18/8/1918     discharged to Base Depot

3/10/1918     promoted to Temporary Sergeant in France

13/11/1918   proceeded to UK on leave
13/11/1918   admitted to No.2 Australian General Hospital, Boulogne, France
                    septic hand

10/1/1919     promoted to Sergeant in 1st Field Artillery Brigade

1/7/1919      returned to Australia onboard HT Frankfurt
17/8/1919     disembarked into Australia

17/10/1919   dicharged from service

Medals:         1914-15 Star (5597), British War Medal (4725), Victory Medal (4695)

Married:        Laura

23/7/1923    passed away
buried in:      Jamestown Cemetery
                    Plot: FE17, late 101 Howitzer Battery

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 2/5/2016.  Lest we forget.

Thank you to Kaye Bottrall, Jamestown, SA for her information.

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