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Peter Carter

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Peter Carter

October 16, 1942
Malta

Military Service


Service Number:

R/87697

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

249 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Africa Star, Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, Operational Wings.

Additional Information


Born:

August 16, 1917
Durban, Natal, South Africa

Enlistment:

January 8, 1941
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of William Edgar Carter and Harriet Letitia Crapps of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Brother of Private Alan Carter who served with the Canadian Scottish Regiment Europe during the Second World War. He survived the war.

He was a cadet in the Canadian army for four years, then became Lance Corporal during training at camp number 110 – NPAM – from November 22 to December 22, 1940.

He served in Canada, Great Britain and Malta.

Commemorated on Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MALTA MEMORIAL
Malta

Grave Reference:

Panel 4, Column 2.

Location:

The MALTA MEMORIAL is situated in the area of Floriana and is easily identified by the Golden Eagle which surmounts the column. It stands outside the King's Gate, the main entrance to Valletta. The Memorial takes the form of a column fifteen metres high of travertine marble from Tivoli in the Sabine Hills near Rome, incised with a a light reticulated pattern and surmounted by a gilded bronze eagle two metres high. The column stands on a circular base around which the names are commemorated on bronze panels. The MALTA MEMORIAL, built on a site generously provided by the Government of Malta, commemorates those who lost their lives whilst serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria, Italy, Sicily, islands of the Adriatic and Mediterranean, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, West Africa, Yugoslavia and Gibraltar, and who have no known grave. The bravery of the people of the island of Malta between the years 1940 - 1942 was honoured with the unique award of the George Cross.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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