Language selection


Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Charles Arthur Carpenter

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Charles Arthur Carpenter

October 1, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

R/82511

Age:

27

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

# 405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus)

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and bar and Operational Wings.

Additional Information


Born:

January 31, 1915
Mille Roches, Stormont, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 10, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Thomas W. and Mary Lillian Carpenter, of Mille Roches, Ontario.

He enlisted with the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders - NPAM in Cornwall, Ontario.

He had service in Canada and Great Britain. He had 620 days of service, including 276 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

2. G. 5.

Location:

Kiel lies 83 kilometres north of Hamburg. From Hamburg visitors should travel north on the Autoroute 7, following signs for Kiel. Leave the A7 at the junction with the A215, still following signs for Kiel. The A215 ends on the outskirts of Kiel. Turn left at the end of the A215 onto the Westring following signs for Olympiazentrum and Flensburg. After 4 kilometres, the Nord Freedhof town cemetery will be seen on the left hand side of the road. The Commission plot is located 100 metres from the main cemetery entrance. Visitors should note that this cemetery is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Charles Arthur Carpenter is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Charles Arthur Carpenter is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: