57th Battalion
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William Herbert Carroll (SN 3215) was a 23 year old labourer from Warrenheip when he enlisted in Melbourne on September 12th 1916. Three months later, on December 16th, he embarked from Melbourne on the Medic and reached England in February 1917. On May 28th 1917 he joined the 57th Battalion in France but in July he was wounded in action when he received a shell wound to his neck. He was evacuated to hospital in Bristol, England, rejoining his unit in early January 1918. On April 5th 1918 he was wounded again, this time sustaining a gunshot wound to the back. He was again evacuated, first to the 1st Australian General Hospital then to the Connaught Hospital at Taplow, England. He returned to Melbourne in May 1919, disembarking from the Orontes. He died in June 1977 at the age of 83.