Forenames

Charles Raymond AWMM

Surname

Carter AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/1911 AWMM
• WWI 12/911 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

6th April 1894

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Place of birth

Rangitkei, NZ

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 George Carter (father), Bull's, Rangitikei, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Father: Mr George Carter
  Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Carter nee Fowler
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Relationship status

Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/1911 AWMM
• WWI 12/911 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  London Gazette, 9 December 1916, p12058, Rec No 135: AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of George and Elizabeth Carter of Bulls, Rangitikei

Next of Kin: Mr G. Carter, Bulls, Rangitikei (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

18 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM V F 28 AWMM

Memorial name

Clifton Cemetery, 101 Watson Street, Bulls, Rangitikei, NZ

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Memorial reference

Block A, Row 1, Plot 353

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/57089/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/57089
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21892713
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 114
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.