Lionel Lewin Carter MC (6 October 1890 – 30 Marcy 1968) was an Australian politician. Born in Williamstown,

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, to Irish-born grocer Thomas Frederick Carter and Emily Jane Knight, he moved to

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with his family in 1896 and was educated locally and at Perth Technical College. He tried many careers, working as a clerk, blacksmith, steam-hammer driver, optician and trainee chemist before studying theology. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 7 August 1915; on 21 November of that year he married Amy Edith Norman at Albany. He served on the Western Front with the 48th Battalion, earning his promotion to

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in April 1917 and winning the

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after being the last man to withdraw after an enemy attack near

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on 12 October. He lost his right eye near

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in April 1918 and was sent home to Australia. In 1921 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Leederville, but he was defeated in 1924. In 1929 he was appointed executive secretary of the

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, a position he held until 1949. After almost ten years running a motor company at Bunbury he was hired to direct the Western Australian Trade Bureau. He died at Claremont in 1968.

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1890 births 1968 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Recipients of the Military Cross Politicians from Perth, Western Australia Australian Army soldiers Australian military personnel of World War I 20th-century Australian politicians Military personnel from Western Australia {{Australia-Nationalist-politician-stub