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Military service
Service number:
814251
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
November 29, 1888
Enlistment:
Cobourg, Ontario
Death:
April 23, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Carter, of 530, Bolivar St., Peterboro, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Gordon Carter
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War Memorial
139th Battalion (Northumberland County) War Memorial plaque, 1919. 130 names of men who originally enlisted with this Ontario unit. On display at the Victoria Hall, 55 King Street West, Cobourg, Ontario. Also shown - Cobourg (Ontario) War Memorial at Victoria Park. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 701 of 1004. -
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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Private Gordon Carter
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon Carter
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon Carter
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 381 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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