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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Kitty's Brook (St. John's, Newfoundland) (124076)
Death:
May 9, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 22.
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Son of James and Jane Carter, of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. Husband of Mrs. Gladys R. Carter, of Open Hall, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland.
On May 10, 1942, at 3:10 a.m., she was sailing unescorted when she was torpedoed by U-588 35 miles (56 km) south-east of Cape des Sables, Nova Scotia and sank in twenty minutes, position 42°56'N/63°59'W.
Digital gallery of Able Seaman George W Carter
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SS Kitty's Brook
George was on the SS Kitty's Brook when the ship had sunk.
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Able Seaman George W Carter
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 109 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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