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Eric John Carter

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric John AWMM
  • Surname
    Carter AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII W/3368 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • He was the son of Ernest John and Jessie Anne McDonald Carter of Wellington

    Husband of Brenda Rae Carter of Wellington

    Dod listed by CWGC as 11 December 1940 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    19 December 1940 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean AWMM
  • Date of death
    11th December 1940 Public - Allan - Researcher - 27 May 2021 - Newspaper (Evening Post) 24th December 1940.
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    SS Rotorua sunk by U 96 he was one of two RNZNVR ratings killed. Public - Allan - Researcher - 27 May 2021 - U-boat.net (report on sinking of SS Rotorua by U 96
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Never recovered Public - Allan - Researcher - 27 May 2021 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport Naval Base, HMNZS Philomel, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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27 May 2021AllanPoriruaResearcher

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