7383 SGT Walter Thomas Carr MSM
NSW Fire Brigades - Contributor Ian Grimwood AFSMBorn 19 February 1889 London, Occupation: Seaman
Service: NSWFB
Joined 12 April 1911. Dismissed on 21 November 1913 with a number of other men in connection with a disturbance at Paddington Fire Station.
Re Joined 14 August 1914, Fourth Class Fireman
- 1 Headquarters
- 36 Crows Nest
- 24 Manly
Resigned 7 July 1915 for Active Service
First AIF
Enlisted 9 July 1915, No 1 Australian Division Motor Transport Company AASC
- Egypt - sick with malaria
- France
Discharged 8 August 1919
Awarded Meritorious Service Medal, London Gazette 3 June 1919
Brother 314 Private Maurice Frederick Carr B Coy, 3rd Battalion
KIA 25 April 1915 Gallipoli
NSWFB
Re employed after WWI 29 August 1919
- 1 Headquarters
- 43 Homebush
- 2 George Street West
- Glenn Innes
- Port Kembla
- Katoomba
- Dubbo
- 4 Darlinghurst
- Albury
- 9 Stanmore
Died from gas asphyxiation at Headquarters Station, 7.40 am Thursday 9 September 1937
Walter Thomas Carr, Service number: 7383
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: AASC (MT)
Service: Army
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Award: Meritorious Service Medal
Date of London Gazette: 3 June 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 6916, position 43
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 6 October 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1459, position 37
