Roland Carter (who was born in 1892 in Raukkan, South Australia) was the first of the Ngarrindjeri people (the traditional Aboriginal Australian people of the lower Murray River, western Fleurieu Peninsula, and the Coorong of the southern-central area of the state of South Australia) to enlist in the First Australian Imperial Force to fight in World War I, where was wounded and captured during combat at Noreuil in northern France on 2 April 1917.
Roland Winzel Carter (18921960) was an Indigenous Australian who was born in Raukkan, South Australia, and was the first of the Ngarrindjeri people to enlist in the First Australian Imperial Force to fight in World War I. The Ngarrindjeri people are the traditional Aboriginal Australian people of the lower Murray River, western Fleurieu Peninsula, and the Coorong of the southern-central area of the state of South Australia. Carter was wounded and captured during combat at Noreuil in northern France on 2 April 1917. 
