CAMDEN DISTRICT ROLL OF HONOUR

CAMDEN REMEMBERS Francis CARLING (Private NX24954)

Birth: 23 Dec 1915 Moss Vale NSW Father: John Stanislaus CARLING ( - 1947) Mother: Margaret ( - 1961) Enlisted: 30 May 1941 Paddington NSW Residence: 45 Purcell St. Elderslie NSW Next of Kin: John Carling Unit : 2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion. Death: 5 Dec 1942 Papua New Guinea Cemetery: Bomana War Cemetery Port Moresby New Guinea                    Roll of Hon: Soldiers Memorial Macarthur Park Camden NSW Photo courtesy Camden Historical Society (from Joyce Thorn scrapbook) Private Francis CARLING participated in the September 1941 offensive in the Middle East. He returned home from North Africa and was posted to New Guinea with his regiment. He died of wounds on 5 Dec 1942 in Papua New Guinea age 23.

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