Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

17/08/1915

Date of Discharge

04/04/1918

Place of Enlistment

Warwick Farm NSW

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Sydney NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Surry Hills NSW (previously Duntroon ACT)

Occupation

Groom

Next of Kin

Walter Carroll (father), Surry Hills NSW

Service Number

1432

Final Rank

Gunner

Final Unit

2 Division Ammunition Column AIF

Carroll worked as a groom at the Royal Military College, Duntroon from 1914 to 1915. He was 27 years of age when he enlisted on 17 August 1915 at Warwick Farm. He arrived in France in March 1916 as a Driver with the 2nd Division Ammunition Column, but shortly after transferring to the 2nd Australian Division Base Depot at Etaples he was admitted to hospital with heart over strain and reverted to the rank of Gunner. Carroll was diagnosed with an enlarged heart and valvular disease of the heart. It was probably of long standing, but his war service had aggravated the condition. He returned to Australia and was discharged on 4 April 1918.

Description - height 5 feet 9 inches, weight 154 pounds, chest 33-36 inches, dark complexion, blue eyes, black hair, Catholic.

Ross Howarth, 'Civilians employed at the Royal Military College of Australia, Duntroon, from 1911 to 1931', RMC Duntroon, November 2000.
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)