LEST WE FORGET
Second Lieutenant Seton Rodney CARTER
From Australia serving in the Royal Flying Corps
Service No: Not Assigned
Unit: 52nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps (based at Longavesnes, France)
Died: Air Operations, France, 14 April 1917, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas de Calais, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Dot Synnot Tinkler (formerly Carter), of Yarra St., Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and the late Francis Mark Rodney Carter. Native of Dublin
Remembered: Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 April 1917, Lieutenant Cleweth Thomas Lees Donaldson RFC (Pilot) and Second Lieutenant Carter (Observer) flying in a BE2g aircraft were shot down and killed near Metz-en-Couture.
References:
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives UK RAF Casualty Book AIR 1/968 page 157, 46393