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Military service
Service number:
742586
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
February 7, 1893
Enlistment:
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
August 15, 1917
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Son of Kenneth and Mary Carter, of Greenspond, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. Brother of Second Mate Arthur Carter, who died on December 10, 1941, while serving with the Canadian Merchant Navy.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Private George Blake Carter
Digital gallery of
Private George Blake Carter
Digital gallery of
Private George Blake Carter
Digital gallery of
Private George Blake Carter
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 24 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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