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Eric Charles Carter
| Name on Board | EC Carter |
| Name on Service Records |
Eric Charles Carter |
| Enlistment Age | 22 |
| Occupation | Clerk, Vacuum Oil Co. |
| Place of Birth | Spotswood, Vic |
| Next of Kin | Lilian Ann Carter |
| Address | Chapel St, West Melbourne, Vic |
| Marital Status | S |
| Enlistment Date | 6/07/1915 |
| Service No. | 1081 |
| Enlistment Place | Melbourne, Vic |
| Embarkation Place | Melbourne |
| Embarkation Date | 10/11/1915 |
| Embarkation Ship | HMAT Ascanius A11 |
| Unit on Embarkation | 29th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Date of Death | 26/09/1917 |
| Unit on Death | 29th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Rank on Death | Sergeant |
| Cause of Death | KIA |
| Place of Wounding/ Death |
Initially buried in vicinity of Polygon Wood, Ypres (no known grave) |
| Cemetery or Memorial | Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium |
Additional Information
Parents, Herbert James and Louisa Carter, 531 Victoria Pde, East Melbourne. His parents previously lived at Forest St, Spotswood, Vic where Sgt Carter was born.
Wife, Lilian Ann Carter (as noted on Inscriptions on War Graves form in his service dossier). His daughter was 15 months old when Eric Carter died.
Additional References
Williamstown Chronicle, Saturday 27 October 1917, p3
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