Carter, Herbert Gordon, DSO (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1885 - d.1963)

Places	Africa: Egypt Europe: France Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Lone Pine Area, Lone Pine
Accession Number	1DRL/0192
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	2 wallets: 2cm
Object type	Letter
Maker	Carter, Herbert Gordon
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Egypt, France
Date made	1914-1919
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM315 419/017/001
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

Description

Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Gordon Carter DSO, 5 Pioneer Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1914-1919. Collection includes extracts from letters sent by Carter to family in Australia. Copies made by H. J. Carter, father of Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Gordon Carter and presented to the Memorial, 1930. Location of originals unknown.

History / Summary

Biographical note: Lieutenant Colonel, DSO, 5th Pnr Bn, AIF. Born 1885. RTA 5 April 1919. Husband of Sister Lydia King see 3DRL/6040. Eldest son of H. J. Carter. Elder brother of Captain Robert Burnside Carter MC, AAMC, (RMO, 123 Brigade Royal Field Artillery); 344 Sapper Edward Moore Carter, 1 Field Company, Engineers (wounded ANZAC 12 July 1915; died at Malta 23 July 1915), and Sister Ursula Mary Carter, AANS (2 General Hospital).