Carter, Leslie Frank Drinkwater

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Econ. : Bombardier, 37th and noth Batteries, A.F.A., and 1st Battn., A.I.F., Gallipoli, Egypt and France. Enlisting 7th June, 1915, and sailing with 8th Reinforcements 1st Battn. 9th August, served at Gallipoli till invalided in November. Rejoined battn. but transferred to 4th Divisional Artillery on formation and, after serving in Canal Zone and Sinai, crossed to France in June, 1916. Took part continuously with 37th and noth Batteries in all engagements until the Armistice—Chapelle, Armentieres, Pozieres, Somme, Bullecourt, Messines, Passchendaele, Cambrai, Villers-Bretonneux, Hindenburg Line and elsewhere, though wounded slightly at Messines. Early education at Toowoomba High School.

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Early education at Toowoomba High School, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
1915

Enlisted 7 Jun 1915
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Military service as Bombardier at Gallipoli --, Turkey ; Egypt --, Egypt ; France --, France
1919

Clerk at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 31 July 1919
1922

Clerk at Rabaul --, Papua New Guinea 16 February 1922
1933

Miner at Papua New Guinea --, Papua New Guinea 28 February 1933

Gender

Male

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