Alan Malcolm CARTER

CARTER, Alan Malcolm

Service Number: VX62603
Enlisted: 6 September 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Headquarters (2nd AIF)
Born: Tempy, Yarriambiack Shire, Victoria, 9 March 1920
Home Town: Sulky Gully, Hepburn, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Textile Worker
Died: Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 13 September 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave; At Sea; (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Panel 8., Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX62603
6 Sep 1941: Involvement Private, VX62603, Headquarters (2nd AIF)
6 Sep 1941: Enlisted Private, VX62603, Headquarters (2nd AIF), Town Hall-Royal Park, Melbourne City, Victoria
6 Sep 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX62603
15 May 1943: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, (NAA, Pg-3)
15 May 1943: Involvement Private, VX62603, Headquarters (2nd AIF), Malaya/Singapore, (NAA, Pg-3)
6 Sep 1944: Embarked Private, VX62603, Headquarters (2nd AIF), Embarked with(1318-POW'S) Ship: "Rakuyo Maru", 06/09/1944, Singapore; Japanese - Convoy of ships: "HI-72"; Destination: Mainland of Japan - mines; Date and Location of Disaster: 12/09/1944, Off east coast of Hainan Island, Sth China Sea; Cause of Disaster: Unmarked Japanese Transport Ship, "Rakuyo Maru" was torpedoed by USA-submarine - "Sea Lion".

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Russell David, & Lily CARTER, of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.