LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Jack Manning CARTER
Service No: 66385
Born: Leichardt NSW, 1 April 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 June 1942
Unit: No. 11 Squadron, Cairns QLD
Died: Illness, Cairns QLD, 2 March 1944, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Cairns Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Sidney Joseph Field Carter and Vida Amanda Carter; husband of Enid Margaret Carter, of Boorowa, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Captains Flat NSW
Remembered: Panel 100, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Rathmines Memorial Bowling Club, Rathmines NSW
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/7/429
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
McFarlane, C.C. (Cyrus C.) Tojo’s Fate: Australia’s secret war, Sid Harta Publishers Glen Waverley VIC 3150, 2009
McMillan A. (Andrew) Catalina Dreaming: rescues exciting missions and other stories about the famous Australian flying boats of WWII, Duffy and Snellgrove Potts Point NSW, 2002
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Catalina, Neptune and Orion in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991