| SOLDIER |
E.H. CARTER |
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| Serial No.1 |
2/474 |
| Rank |
Driver (on embarkation) |
| Full Name |
Ernest Hunter CARTER |
| Status/Occupation |
Single / -- |
| Body |
Main Body, NZEF |
| Unit |
New Zealand Field Artillery |
| Last Address |
Russell Terrace, Wellington |
| Next of Kin |
Sarah Carter, Katikati, Bay of Plenty |
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| WW1 Medal Entitlement |
1914-15 Star
British War Medal 1914-19
Victory Medal |
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| Embarked 2 |
Embarkation on 16th October 1914
aboard either HMNZT 07 (ss Limerick)
and HMNZT 12 (ss Arawa)
and disembarked 3rd December 1914 at Alexandria, EGYPT
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| Casualty List 3 |
No |
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| Roll of Honour 4 |
No |
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| Notes |
The first contingent of men who embarked for Egypt to serve with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force were called the "Main Body"
The trip from New Zealand to Egypt followed;
Hobart 21st October 1914
Albany (Western Australia) 28th October 1914
Columbia (Ceylon) 15th November 1914
Aden 25th November 1914
Suez 1st December 1914
Alexandria 3rd December 1914
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1. New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Embarkation Roll 1914-1918
2. Studholme, J. Some Records of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force
3. New Zealand Expeditionary Force - List of Casualties
4. New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Roll of Honour
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