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Military service
Service number:
54209
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
March 13, 1896
Death:
December 26, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. K. 3.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Harriet Carthy, of Kitchener, Ontario.
Brother of Private Percy Carthy, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Eric Carthy
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Photo of Eric Carthy
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Press Clipping
Source: The Globe, Toronto Thursday January 3 1916 -
Press Clipping
Source: The Globe, Toronto Monday January 24 1916 -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press Jan. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ERIC CARTHY
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Carthy
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Carthy
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Carthy
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Carthy
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Carthy
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Carthy
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Carthy
Digital gallery of
Private Eric Carthy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 8 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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