Memorialised at the Australian War Memorial here.
Mate and comrade of Walter Morgan.
Alfred "Alf" Carter was born on March 7th, 1891, at 62 Rose (now Roseberry) Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria. The house was that of his maternal great-grandmother, Eliza Smith (née Wiseman) and her husband, Henry. Alfred was the third son of Eliza Mary Ann (Martha) Carter (née Wiseman), and Thomas Alfred Carter. Martha had been raised by her grandmother and her husband, as her own mother, Harriet Georgiana (born Sarah Georgeania), was only fifteen. Oddly enough, Martha's 36-year-old father, Richard Abel Paul, married Harriet and went on to have seven more children with her.
Alfred was the younger brother of George Henry and William Richard Carter. Three more siblings were born after Alfred - Ida Evelyn, Ethel May, and Charles Harold. It is possible that Charles was actually the son of Ida, who was born William Carter in 1910. It was common at the time for the illegitimate children of teenage daughters to be renamed and raised by the grandparents.
Due to his father's bankruptcy in the early 1900s, Alfred turned to a life of crime, breaking into houses and taking things in his late teens and early 20s. His crimes winded Alfred in gaol, but in September 1916, he was given a choice: continue to serve his gaol term, or enlist to fight in the ongoing war. Alfred chose the latter, and enlisted on September 14th 1916. He embarked eleven days later aboard the "Shropshire" and in November arrived in England for training.
On May 4th 1917, Alfred was shot in multiple places whilst fighting in the Second Battle of Bullecourt. He was taken to the Third Australian Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his injuries two days later. Subsequently, he was buried in Grevillers British Cemetery.
Service Number: 5728
Regiment: 21st Battalion, AIF.
Enlisted: 14th September 1916 in Brunswick, Victoria.
Died of wounds.
Next of kin's address: 15 Victoria Grove, Brunswick.
Mate and comrade of Walter Morgan.
Alfred "Alf" Carter was born on March 7th, 1891, at 62 Rose (now Roseberry) Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria. The house was that of his maternal great-grandmother, Eliza Smith (née Wiseman) and her husband, Henry. Alfred was the third son of Eliza Mary Ann (Martha) Carter (née Wiseman), and Thomas Alfred Carter. Martha had been raised by her grandmother and her husband, as her own mother, Harriet Georgiana (born Sarah Georgeania), was only fifteen. Oddly enough, Martha's 36-year-old father, Richard Abel Paul, married Harriet and went on to have seven more children with her.
Alfred was the younger brother of George Henry and William Richard Carter. Three more siblings were born after Alfred - Ida Evelyn, Ethel May, and Charles Harold. It is possible that Charles was actually the son of Ida, who was born William Carter in 1910. It was common at the time for the illegitimate children of teenage daughters to be renamed and raised by the grandparents.
Due to his father's bankruptcy in the early 1900s, Alfred turned to a life of crime, breaking into houses and taking things in his late teens and early 20s. His crimes winded Alfred in gaol, but in September 1916, he was given a choice: continue to serve his gaol term, or enlist to fight in the ongoing war. Alfred chose the latter, and enlisted on September 14th 1916. He embarked eleven days later aboard the "Shropshire" and in November arrived in England for training.
On May 4th 1917, Alfred was shot in multiple places whilst fighting in the Second Battle of Bullecourt. He was taken to the Third Australian Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his injuries two days later. Subsequently, he was buried in Grevillers British Cemetery.
Service Number: 5728
Regiment: 21st Battalion, AIF.
Enlisted: 14th September 1916 in Brunswick, Victoria.
Died of wounds.
Next of kin's address: 15 Victoria Grove, Brunswick.
Memorialised at the Australian War Memorial here.
Mate and comrade of Walter Morgan.
Alfred "Alf" Carter was born on March 7th, 1891, at 62 Rose (now Roseberry) Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria. The house was that of his maternal great-grandmother, Eliza Smith (née Wiseman) and her husband, Henry. Alfred was the third son of Eliza Mary Ann (Martha) Carter (née Wiseman), and Thomas Alfred Carter. Martha had been raised by her grandmother and her husband, as her own mother, Harriet Georgiana (born Sarah Georgeania), was only fifteen. Oddly enough, Martha's 36-year-old father, Richard Abel Paul, married Harriet and went on to have seven more children with her.
Alfred was the younger brother of George Henry and William Richard Carter. Three more siblings were born after Alfred - Ida Evelyn, Ethel May, and Charles Harold. It is possible that Charles was actually the son of Ida, who was born William Carter in 1910. It was common at the time for the illegitimate children of teenage daughters to be renamed and raised by the grandparents.
Due to his father's bankruptcy in the early 1900s, Alfred turned to a life of crime, breaking into houses and taking things in his late teens and early 20s. His crimes winded Alfred in gaol, but in September 1916, he was given a choice: continue to serve his gaol term, or enlist to fight in the ongoing war. Alfred chose the latter, and enlisted on September 14th 1916. He embarked eleven days later aboard the "Shropshire" and in November arrived in England for training.
On May 4th 1917, Alfred was shot in multiple places whilst fighting in the Second Battle of Bullecourt. He was taken to the Third Australian Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his injuries two days later. Subsequently, he was buried in Grevillers British Cemetery.
Service Number: 5728
Regiment: 21st Battalion, AIF.
Enlisted: 14th September 1916 in Brunswick, Victoria.
Died of wounds.
Next of kin's address: 15 Victoria Grove, Brunswick.
Mate and comrade of Walter Morgan.
Alfred "Alf" Carter was born on March 7th, 1891, at 62 Rose (now Roseberry) Street, Ascot Vale, Victoria. The house was that of his maternal great-grandmother, Eliza Smith (née Wiseman) and her husband, Henry. Alfred was the third son of Eliza Mary Ann (Martha) Carter (née Wiseman), and Thomas Alfred Carter. Martha had been raised by her grandmother and her husband, as her own mother, Harriet Georgiana (born Sarah Georgeania), was only fifteen. Oddly enough, Martha's 36-year-old father, Richard Abel Paul, married Harriet and went on to have seven more children with her.
Alfred was the younger brother of George Henry and William Richard Carter. Three more siblings were born after Alfred - Ida Evelyn, Ethel May, and Charles Harold. It is possible that Charles was actually the son of Ida, who was born William Carter in 1910. It was common at the time for the illegitimate children of teenage daughters to be renamed and raised by the grandparents.
Due to his father's bankruptcy in the early 1900s, Alfred turned to a life of crime, breaking into houses and taking things in his late teens and early 20s. His crimes winded Alfred in gaol, but in September 1916, he was given a choice: continue to serve his gaol term, or enlist to fight in the ongoing war. Alfred chose the latter, and enlisted on September 14th 1916. He embarked eleven days later aboard the "Shropshire" and in November arrived in England for training.
On May 4th 1917, Alfred was shot in multiple places whilst fighting in the Second Battle of Bullecourt. He was taken to the Third Australian Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his injuries two days later. Subsequently, he was buried in Grevillers British Cemetery.
Service Number: 5728
Regiment: 21st Battalion, AIF.
Enlisted: 14th September 1916 in Brunswick, Victoria.
Died of wounds.
Next of kin's address: 15 Victoria Grove, Brunswick.
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