Arnold George CARTER

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CARTER, Arnold George

Service Numbers:	V170268, V17028, 419556
Enlisted:	7 October 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Casterton Victoria, Australia, 4 September 1922
Home Town:	Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Ballarat Church of England Grammar School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk, National Bank of Australia, Collins St. Melbourne
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 18 November 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Plot 28. Row A. Grave 8.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

7 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V170268
20 Aug 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V17028
26 Aug 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 419556
26 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 419556
Date unknown:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 419556, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Riddle Carter and Margaret Phyllis Carter, of Casterton, Victoria, Australia.

HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED

During daylight hours of 18th November, 1944, in Lancaster PB541, F/O Carter as captain and pilot, and his crew took off at 15.37 hrs to carry out a bombing attack on an enemy target at Wanne Nikel (Belgium). Unfortunately no further news was received concerning the fate of the aircraft or any members of the crew. Failed to return to base presumably due to enemy action.

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