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Military service
Service number:
J/85969
Age:
26
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
May 7, 1918
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 15, 1941
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
May 12, 1944
Halaer, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IVa. D. 1.
Additional information
Son of Robert Alexander Carter and May Carter, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Alexander Carter
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 269 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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