CAREY A.R.

Given Names:  Alfred Rex

Service Number:  22030

Unit:  23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade                                                                     

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  111937

Age:  18 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¾ In                  

Weight:  124 Lbs

Chest:  32-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  24/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Alfred Ernest Carey

16 Ridgeway Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                  

Embarkation Date:  20/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Medic A7

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Anchises

Embarked:  22/8/1919                               

Disembarked:  9/10/1919

Unit:  7th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  30/11/1919                     

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  44234

Victory Medal:  43515

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  22/3/1897

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Alfred Ernest CAREY                  

Mother:  Sarah LUKE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1923     

Place:             

Spouse: Helena Emma ANDERSON

DEATH

Date or Year: 12/6/1975                          

Place: Frankston, Victoria                        

Burial:  Burwood Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Non-military employment 14/6/1919-11/8/1919

Wounded in action 18/3/1917; gassed

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION