Francis Robert Carter

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Francis Robert AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Carter AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ416456 AWMM
• WWII 416456 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

25 May 1916 RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs J.E. Carter (wife), Oakleigh, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Widow: Mrs. J. E. Carter of Oakleigh, Auckland AWMM
• WW2 Father: Mr. D. E. Carter of Mangapai AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Married/WWII AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

RNZAF training in Canada WW2 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ416456 AWMM
• WWII 416456 AWMM

Whakangungu ope taua

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 6 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mountain View, Ontario, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Graduation Date: 14/04/1943. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 8 Air Observer School, Ancienne Lorette, Quebec, Canada AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Bloemfontein AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Air Accident, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 34  Operational Training Unit, Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick, Canada AWMM

Son of Phillip Sydney and Dora Ellen Carter of Whangarei

Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.

Attended Whangarei High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)) AWMM

Matenga

3 Jun 1943 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Air Accident AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Ottawa Memorial (Commonwealth Air Force Memorial), Ontario, Canada AWMM
• Airmen from Australia and New Zealand Memorial, Memorial Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Roll of Honour. Air Force Casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 9, 10 July 1943, Page 6
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430710.2.41&srpos
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2622516
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845608
  Sources Used
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845747
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• The Evening Post
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Missing]. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.