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George Brooke Carter

  • Service number
    • 2461 AWMM
    • 4689 AWMM
    • 10269 AWMM
    • 5th Contingent # 2461; 7th & 10th Contingent # 4689; WWI #10269 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles & NZEF Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Lieutenant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    George Brooke AWMM
  • Surname
    Carter AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 2461 AWMM
    • 4689 AWMM
    • 10269 AWMM
    • 5th Contingent # 2461; 7th & 10th Contingent # 4689; WWI #10269 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 May 1878 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1 May 1878 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of George Augustus Carter & Edith nee' Brooke Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - BMD NZ records
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre SA War - c/- Mrs Edith Brooke Carter, Gisborne
    Pre WWI - c/- Mrs G B Carter (wife), Childers Rd Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military & Research Records
  • Post war occupation
    post SA Boer War - Veterinary Inspector
    post WWI - Civil servant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs G.B. Carter (wife), Childers Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
    • Son of George Augustus Carter & Edith nee' Brooke Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military & Research Records
  • Relationship status
    • pre S A War - single
      Pre WWI - married Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military & Research Records
    • 1909 married Evelyn Agnew Brown Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 August 2015 - BMD NZ Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles & NZEF Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • 2461 AWMM
    • 4689 AWMM
    • 10269 AWMM
    • 5th Contingent # 2461; 7th & 10th Contingent # 4689; WWI #10269 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Military service
    • SA Boer War =5th, 7th & 10th Contingents; WWI = 12th Reinf. 2nd Wgtn Btn Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
    • SA = 1900-1902; WWI 1915 - 1918 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    pre SA War - Hastings Rifles & Napier Guards; pre WWI - S A War, East Coast M R & Wellington Garris Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - War Records
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Civil servant/Civilian AWMM
    • S A War - 28 Mar 1900 at Wellington
      WWI - 28 October 1915 at Trentham Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - War Records
  • Occupation before enlistment
    pre SA Boer War - Surveyor's Assistant, also worked for Williams & Kettle in Hastings Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    SA War = 22 yrs 10 mths; WWI = 37 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - War Records

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
    1916 - suffering from deafness Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father was named George Augustus Carter. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    16 June 1961 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    85 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taruheru Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block: 2, Plot # 1, Warrant # 9385 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 June 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    War Memorial Theatre, 159 Bright Street, Gisborne AWMM

Roll of Honour

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Sources

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Contributors

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29 March 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
14 August 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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