Soldier profiles
Name : CARTER, GEORGE ARTHUR
Service Number : NX103560 (N243811)
Date of Birth : 31/07/1919
Place of Birth : PICTON, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : TIMBER WORKER
Date of Enlistment : 01/07/1942
Locality on Enlistment : PICTON, NSW
Place of Enlistment : LEPPINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : CARTER, CHARLES
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 5TH AUSTRALIAN MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY (ATTACHED FROM 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION)
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : 12TH ARMY FIELD REGIMENT (WITH SERVICE NO. N243811), 23RD MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions : TARAKAN (BORNEO), BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 29/03/1946
Date Died : 28/10/1962
Age at Death : 43
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 5662486 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Sydney Morning Herald 29/10/1962, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 04/1963 p2
Background : Admitted 24/03/1944 to 118 Australian General Hospital with malaria. Moved to G.?.?. Discharged 04/04/1944 from 118 Australian General Hospital At discharge : height 5 feet 8 inches, grey eyes, red hair, ruddy complexion, single. Marks / scars : none. Medical : none. Full time war service : C.M.F. (01/10/1941 to 28/07/1942) & A.I.F. (29/07/1942 to 29/03/1946) which included 1613 days active service (1128 days within Australia & 318 days overseas). Operational service : NE1, embarked from Australia 29/01/1945, disembarked in Australia 12/12/1945. War badge no. H295865. Discharge certificate no. 427817.
