Eric Carter, b.1897 (Lubenham nr Mkt Harborough, England), d.1988 (Shoal Bay nr Newcastle, Australia)
Following is the information I have about my father’s family. As he has now passed away, I am not always sure of the details. Most of the information is either from recollection, or from U.K census information available online - so 100% accuracy is not guaranteed.
Eric Carter was born on 18 May 1897 in Lubenham (near Market Harborough) - near the border between Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. He had siblings named John (always known as Jack) b.16 Dec1898, Charles Edward b.1895, Ethel Mary b. 1894, Winifred Stella b.1900, Nellie b.1901 and Constance b.1903.
His father was Edward b.1862 and his mother was Stella Collins b.1874 in East Langton. Other members of Edward’s family were Jane b.1851, Eliza b.1853, Mary b.1856, Louise b.1858, William b.1870, Ellen b.1866 and Evelyn b.1868.
Eric Carter joined the British Infantry, and fought in WW1 in the trenches of France. After the war he sailed for Australia, and headed to Kalgoorlie to search for gold. There he married for the first time, and had four daughters (one of whom died as a child). Later he moved to the east coast of Australia, and settled in Shoal Bay, Port Stephens. He married for the second time and raised a second family (of three girls). He lived through the death of his second wife (my mother) from cancer, and survived to a good age of 91 years, having an active community life until quite near his death.