Carne, Walter Mervyn

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Agr. Sci. : Lieutenant, General List (Education Service) and A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Egypt and Palestine. Enlisting 6th September, 1915, and sailing 18th April, 1916, with 18th Reinforcements A.L.H. Field Ambulance, served with 2nd from 14th July, 1916, until 19th February, 1919, being attached at different times to 13th Coy. Imperial Camel Corps and Anzac Field Laboratory, Jordan Valley. Attending H.Q. Education School, Cairo, transferred to 5th A.L.H. Education staff until demobilisation. Principal engagements—Romani, El Katia, Bir el Abd, Gaza I and II, Beersheba and Amman. Promoted second-lieutenant, 28th March, 1919, and lieutenant, 26th June. Awarded Serbian Silver Medal in 1917 and Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at Sydney High School.

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1885

Birth in Croydon -- NSW, Australia 16 September 1885
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Early education at Sydney High School, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Fort Street Public School, Millers Point, NSW, Australia
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Tertiary education at Sydney Technical College, Ultimo, NSW, Australia
1906

Laboratory Assistant at Richmond -Hawkesbury Agricultural College- NSW, Australia 1906
1912

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1912
1912

Scientific Cadet at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 1912
1913

Studied at University of California 1913
1914

Assistant Agrostologist at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 1914
1915

Enlisted 6 Sep 1915
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Military service as Lieutenant at Egypt --, Egypt ; Palestinian Territories --, Palestinian Territory, Occupied
1917

Military award: Serbian Silver Medal on 1917
1921

Science Master at Richmond -Hawkesbury Agricultural College- NSW, Australia 1921
1923

Economic Botanist at Pearce, Western Australia -- WA, Australia 1923
1923

Plant pathologist at Pearce, Western Australia -- WA, Australia 1923
1929

Senior Plant Pathologist at Perth -- WA, Australia 1929
1931

Travelled to England 1931
1932

Agricultural Inspector at Tasmania -- TAS, Australia 1932
1933

Awarded Gold Medal Royal Society WA 1933
1936

Fruit Officer at Australia House -- London, England 1936
1938

Supervisor of Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Exports at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1938
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Member of Linnean Society London
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Member of Royal Society of Western Australia
1952

Death in Chatswood -- NSW, Australia 20 November 1952

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Male

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