Talk:G. S. Carter

Help please (copied from Z Special Unit talkpage)
I've made a user page article on Major G. S. Carter here, but have a problem. A lot of internet sources say he was in the Royal Australian Engineers; in his own account he mentions being in the British Army and then Z Special Unit. I'm not sure how to go about interrogating the various military records online to find out about his service. Can anyone help please? A lot of accounts mistakenly say he was an oilfield engineer rather than a surveyor; I wonder if this might have then got conflated into him serving with the RAE? Jasper33 (talk) 16:47, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I found this at the WW2 Nominal Roll site: . It provides different service numbers to the one quoted on the AWM Honours and Awards entry, which is perplexing, but mentions that his posting on discharge was the "Engineer Training Centre". — AustralianRupert (talk) 03:39, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The London Gazette entry does not provide any more useful information either, but here it is for you anyway. . — AustralianRupert (talk) 03:46, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Carter's army personnel file in the National Archives can be found here: . Sometimes you can view then online, however, not all of them are up yet (probably never will be). You can, however, I believe request a copy by pressing the "Request Copy" button. That might help clear things up, if you are willing to go that extra mile. I hope this helps in some way. Cheers. — AustralianRupert (talk) 03:51, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * If the details haven't been digitalised yet, you need to pay the NAA to do this; they charge about $20 for the service. Nick-D (talk) 05:31, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks chaps! The nominal roll shows his date of discharge as 18 Jan 1945, before his Z Special Unit Service. Is this to do with the secrecy of Z Special Unit, with him taking on another service number for it, I wonder? Jasper33 (talk) 08:36, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm copying this over to the G. S. Carter talkpage. Jasper33 (talk) 08:09, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

DSO
The original recommendation for his DSO has been digitised, see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7674537. I'll take a look next week when I'll be able to do it for free. Remind me if I don't update this. David Underdown (talk) 22:17, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * That's great, David, thank you (and thansk for fixing my infobox booboo - I'll know for next time!). I wonder if the NA record will throw light on his service with the British Army? Cheers Jasper33 (talk) 08:28, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It's unlikely, except in a passing mention. Service records for British forces from WWII are presently still only available to next of kin.  David Underdown (talk) 18:19, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Carter's Army records
User:Adamdaley has very kindly paid to have Carter's military service records digitised. These are held at the National Archives of Australia and may be viewed online at (enter Carter's service number QX48608 in the keyword box). Thanks Adam. Jasper33 (talk) 07:51, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

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