Walter William Carter | Bacchus Marsh Avenue Of Honour

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Private Walter William Carter

Service No.:

1833

Unit:

3^rd Pioneer Battalion⁽¹⁾

Tree No.:

N045

Planted by:

Mrs Carter (Wife)

Image of plaque on tree N045 for Walter William Carter

Walter Carter was born at Richmond, VIC, on the 25^th of December 1886, to William Carter and Mary Hannah Smith. Prior to the war, Walter married Bridget Sophie Bourke, in 1911 and had two children, John and Mildred.

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Portrait of Walter Carter
London, 1918
Courtesy of Katrina Wright
great-granddaughter

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Headstone for William Carter.
Courtesy of Carol & George Judkins.

Walter was living in Bacchus Marsh, VIC and working as a labourer when he enlisted in the AIF, 3^rd Australian Pioneer Battalion, 2^nd Reinforcements on the 31^st of May 1916, aged 31. At the end of July he embarked aboard the HMAT A32 Themistocles.

Walter disembarked at Plymouth, England, in September 1916 and was immediately admitted to hospital for three weeks before proceeding overseas to France at the end of November to join the 3^rd Pioneers. In June 1917 Walter was wounded in action, gassed and was evacuated to England for hospital treatment before rejoining his unit in December.

He returned to Australia in June 1919 and was discharged from the AIF in July. In 1939 he enlisted in the Australian Army, service number V81561, at the age of 53 and was discharged in 1944.

Walter died at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, VIC, on the 5^th of September 1974, aged 91. He is buried at Maddingley Cemetery, Bacchus Marsh.

He is listed on the Shire of Bacchus Marsh Roll of Honour and the Bacchus Marsh & District Roll of Honour.

Notes

Pioneer battalions differed from normal infantry in that they would be composed of a mixture of men who were experienced with picks and shovels and some who had skilled trades . A Pioneer battalion would also carry a range of technical stores that infantry would not.

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Private Walter William Carter

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