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James William Carter

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James William Carter

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James William AWMM
  • Surname
    Carter AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Jim AWMM
    • J. W. Carter AWMM
  • Service number
    • Jayforce 827288 AWMM
    • Vietnam 209133 AWMM
    • HMNZS Philomel/Tamaki Navy No. 12459 Public - Russell - Child - 31 January 2022 - Family documents
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 March 1928 AWMM Onehunga, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM 50 Princes St., Onehunga AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs. E.M. Carter, 50 Princes St., Onehunga (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/Jayforce AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Jayforce 1946-1948 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.21 Driver/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.21
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.21
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married Doreen Strong 27 May 1950 at St. Mark's Anglican Church, Remuera.

    Served as Chief Clerk with HQ V Force in Saigon, 1968. Read more about James William Carter in the Carters Family website.

    Photo of Sgt J.W. Carter in 1st Battalion New Zealand Infantry Regiment, WOs & SGTs (Terendak Camp, Malaysia 1964) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    28 May 1995 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Urangan, Queensland AWMM
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
    • Hall, C. (2014). No front line : inside stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War. Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books. AWMM
    • This record was created from data kindly provided by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.21 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment. AWMM

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