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Military service
Service number:
478915
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
April 16, 1898
Victoria, British Columbia
Enlistment:
March 1, 1916
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. G. 29.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Edward and Edith (nee Wilkinson) Carter, of Ganges Harbour, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Brother of Phyllis, Elose and Edna.
Digital gallery of Private Edward Leslie Carter
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Memorial
This memorial is located in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. -
Plaque
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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 663 of 1004. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of July 17, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y188uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Leslie Carter
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Leslie Carter
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Leslie Carter
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Leslie Carter
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Leslie Carter
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Leslie Carter
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 64 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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