Henry Joseph Carroll

Henry Joseph Carroll

Personal Information
Date of Birth	Not known
Place of Birth	South Melbourne, Victoria
Death	4 Jan 1919
Place of Death	Satation Hospital, Paris, France
Age at Enlistment	30 years, 8 months
Description	6'0½" (1.84m) tall ; 169lbs 76.657 kg ; dark complexion ; blue eyes ; brown hair
Occupation	Stationmaster
Religion	Roman Catholic
Address	Wheatley street, Gosnells, Western Australia Wife
Next of Kin	, Mrs M Carroll
Military Information
Reg Number	2722
Date of Enlistment	31 May 1917
Rank	Sapper
Unit/Formation	February 1918 Reinforcements - 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Date of Embarkation	13 Mar 1918 ‒ 15 May 1918
Ship Embarked On	RMS Ormonde
Fate	Died of Illness
Monument	Gosnells War Memorial Gosnells RSL Honour Board Gosnells Primary School Honour Roll Australian War Memorial
Medals	British War Medal Victory Medal

Pre War

In 1914 Henry married Mary Connell in the Murray District.

War Service

Henry entered the Blackboy Hill camp on 31 May 1917. On 11 Aug 1917 he was sent to the Rockingham Camp Hospital and admitted with Gonorrhoea until 19 Feb 1918. On 5 Mar 1918 he was allocated to the Railway Corps, and on 13 Mar 1918 he boarded the RMS Ormonde in Fremantle. The Ormonde conveyed him to Suez where on 4 Apr 1918 he joined the Australian Camp until 3 May 1918 when he boarded HMT Manitoa in Alexandria, calling at Marseilles before landing Henry at Southampton on 15 May 1918.

On arrival in England he was posted to the Railroad training centre at Longmoor for further training, and on 30 May 1918 he was admitted to the Frensham Hill Military Hospital ill. On 2 Jul 1918 he was transferred to the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital with bronchitis. Discharged to duty on 15 Jul 1918.

On 21 Sep 1918 he proceed overseas to France from Dover, disembarking at Calais. On 23 Sep 1918 Henry was taken on strength by the 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company. On 5 Nov 1918 Henry was admitted to the 7th Canadian General Hospital with Appendicitis for 10 days before moving to the 6th Convalescent Depot, and then on 18 Nov Henry returned to his unit.

On 27 Dec 1918 Henry was granted leave in Paris, and it was during his leave that he sought treatment from the Station Hospital.

A Red Cross File [1] is held by the AWM that contains information relevant to his death. Admitted to the Station Hospital in Paris on 1 Jan 1919, seriously ill with influenza and chest complications. Henry died at 4:30pm on 4 Jan 1919.