LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Arthur CARLTON
Service No: 19673
Born: Newtown, Ulster, 15 May 1900
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 November 1940 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 2 Air Navigation School
Died: Illness, Heidelberg VIC, 10 November 1942, Aged 43 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry Edgar and Jermina Carlton; husband of Robina Carlton, of West Richmond
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 16 August 1942, Corporal Carlton, a Cook, was admitted to No. 6 RAAF Hospital, Heidelberg, seriously ill suffering from cardiac and asthmatic illnesses and he died on 10 November 1942.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/7/234