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Personal data

• Name CARTER
• Initials LM
• First name LESLIE MATTHEW
• Place of birth Brighton Beach
• Country Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Brighton Beach
• Family Son of Matthew and Stella Maria Carter, of 35, Laburnum St., Brighton, Victoria, Australia; 11 brothers and sisters; he was the only one to enlist;
• Profession Printer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 1 February 1916, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
• Regiment and unit 7th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 28 May 1916 Alexandria; 20 November 1916 transferred to Etaples

Death

• Wounded 24 October 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds leg and buttock, n°17 CCS
• Date of death 26 October 1917
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - C - 18

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