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Military service
Service number:
R/123272
Age:
25
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
# 1 Central Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba
Birth:
January 22, 1917
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
August 6, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 9, 1942
Newdale, Manitoba
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 3. Lot 3. Sec. N. Block 6.
Additional information
Son of John Edward Carter and Mary Ann Dunn, of Oshawa, Ontario. During the First World War, his father, John Edward served as a driver with the Army Service Corps of the British Army, service number 045047.
The airman only served in Canada for 287 days.
Additional citations
War Medal 1939-1945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Thomas Carter
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Photo of John Thomas Carter
In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. From their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN THOMAS CARTER
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Thomas Carter
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Thomas Carter
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Thomas Carter
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Thomas Carter
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Thomas Carter
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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WHITBY (MOUNT LAWN) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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