CARR H.R.

CARR H.R.

Given Names: Hugh Robert

Service Number: 1073

Unit: 13th Light Horse Regiment, 5th reinforcements

Rank: Private

Paybook Number: 61628

Age: 25 Yrs 5 Mths

Occupation: Painter

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height: 5 Ft 8¼ In

Weight: 158 Lbs

Chest: 34½-37½ In

Hair: Dark Brown

Eyes: Hazel

Complexion: Sallow

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted: 15/6/1915

Place: Melbourne

Next of Kin: WIFE Mrs Hilda Alice Carr

41 Creswick Street, Footscray, Victoria

Embarkation Date: 9/9/1915

Port: Melbourne

Ship: HMAT Ballarat A70

END OF WAR

Status: Returned to Australia

Ship: Mamari

Embarked: 21/12/1918

Disembarked:

Unit: 6th Field Artillery Brigade

Rank: Bombardier

Discharge Date: 29/3/1919

Place:

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: 26758

British War Medal: 17965

Victory Medal: 17834

Other:

BIRTH

Date or Year: 1889

Place: Toorak/Armadale, Victoria

Father: Hugh Stevenson CARR

Mother: Mary Catherine KIRCHNER

MARRIAGE

Year: 1915

Place: Alice

Spouse: Hilda DUSTING

DEATH

Date or Year: 23/8/1954

Place: Footscray, Victoria

Burial: Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 22/9/1918; gun shot wound, shoulder