CARTER, Austin
Service Number: | PM2642 |
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Enlisted: | 27 November 1939 |
Last Rank: | Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Goorangai |
Born: | London, England, 3 December 1908 |
Home Town: | Walpeup, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
Schooling: | England |
Occupation: | Farmer Labourer |
Died: | Accident, Port Phillip Bay, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1940, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia C. of E. Plot. Compt. U. Line 30.5. Grave 3. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queenscliff HMAS Goorangai Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Ordinary Seaman, PM2642 | |
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27 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM2642 | |
20 Nov 1940: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM2642, HMAS Goorangai |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frederick George and Emily Jane Carter, of Brandon, Suffolk, England.
GOOGRANGAI
DISASTER
AUSTIN CARTER'S
RECOVERED
BODY
Former Popular Walpeup Resident
The disaster in Port Phillip Bay last week, when H.M.A.S. Goorangai was rammed and sunk, with the loss of all hands, had poignant interest for many district residents, as among those who were drowned was Ordinary Seaman Austin Carter, a former resident of Walpeup. His was the first body recovered from the wreck. Seaman Carter came from England under the Little Brother scheme and worked with Mr W. L. Vine for several years. On the outbreak of war he was the first of the Walpeup young men to offer his services and took up duty wilh the Royal Australian Navy, having previously been in the Mercantile Marine, from which he had been discharged owing to a slight physical defect. He was well known throughout the district and was esteemed for his character and courtesy. Since taking up naval duty he had kept in touch with Walpeup friends, and gifts would have been sent to him at Christmas by the Comforts Fund Committee. Mr J. Liles received a cheerful letter from him recently, in which he stated that he hoped soon to be back again among his Walpeup friends. He also stated that he did not know the whereabouts of his brother John, who was with the R.A.A.F. and had been to Singapore, Mr John Carter is also a former resilient of Walpeup. where he previously had farm. For a time he was in the Victorian Police Force. His wife resides in Melbourne.