Soldier profiles
Name : CARTER, STANLEY GORDON
Service Number : VX46611
Date of Birth : 02/12/1917
Place of Birth : BALMORAL, VIC
Known as : STAN
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 13/07/1940
Locality on Enlistment : GORAE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : CARTER, LUKE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : A COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 17/01/1946
Date Died : 09/05/2007
Age at Death : 89
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0014 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6137071 [OPEN], Barcode 1037382 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 948kB), Past article (size 148kB), L_BOROMEO_8.jpg, L_BOROMEO_9.jpg, 2/2 Pioneers Newsletter 09/2007 p2, Herald Sun Death notice 12/05/2007
Background : Husband of Evelyn (Peggy) Carter. Mate of Scotty Bell (2/2 Pioneer).
