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Cecil Carter

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cecil AWMM
  • Surname
    Carter AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    12666 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    • 16 August 1919 Public - Thomas John - Other Relative - 23 April 2015 - Family
    • 16 August 1918 Public - Thomas John - Other relative - 5 April 2023 - Military Peronnel File
  • Place of birth
    • Durham, England Public - Thomas John - Other Relative - 23 April 2015 - family
    • Sunderland, England Public - Thomas John - Other relative - 5 April 2023 - Military Peronnel File.
      !921 Census of England
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 6 Esplanade Road, Westport, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Barbara Carter (mother), 9 Mile Road, Westport, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Tunisia AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    12666 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Talkie Operator/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • 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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John Wailes Carter and Barbara Carter, of Sunderland, County Durham AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 March 1943 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Tunisia, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM X. E. 13. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • To an uncle I never knew. May the sacrifice you made never be forgotten.
    Public - Thomas John - Other Relative - 22 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 77 AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
05 April 2023Thomas JohnFeildingOther relative
23 April 2015Thomas JohnAuckland, New ZealandOther Relative

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