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Rodney Austin Carson

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Rodney Austin Carson

March 2, 1945
Port Alice Hospital, British Columbia

Military Service


Service Number:

A/4161

Age:

31

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Born:

May 11, 1913
Moosehorn, Manitoba

Enlistment:

January 18, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Austin B. Carson and Mary Carson, of Winnipeg; husband of Lois K. Carson, of Ottawa. Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 502 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada

Grave Reference:

Mil. Sec. Lot 2034.

Location:

The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Id Card– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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