Talk:G. S. Carter

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the G. S. Carter article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Biography: Military

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the military biography work group (assessed as Mid-importance).

Military history: Biography / South Pacific / British / European / World War II

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Military biography task force
	Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific military history task force
	British military history task force
	European military history task force
	World War II task force

New Zealand Low‑importance

	New Zealand portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject New Zealand, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New Zealand and New Zealand-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New ZealandWikipedia:WikiProject New ZealandTemplate:WikiProject New ZealandNew Zealand articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

A fact from G. S. Carter appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 January 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Z Special Unit member Major G. S. Carter went on to found the Kundasang War Memorial and Gardens in Sabah?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/January.

Wikipedia

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)[reply]

I found this at the WW2 Nominal Roll site: [1]. 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)[reply]

The London Gazette entry does not provide any more useful information either, but here it is for you anyway. [2]. — AustralianRupert (talk) 03:46, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Carter's army personnel file in the National Archives can be found here: [3]. 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

I'm copying this over to the G. S. Carter talkpage. Jasper33 (talk) 08:09, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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 [4] (enter Carter's service number QX48608 in the keyword box). Thanks Adam. Jasper33 (talk) 07:51, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to one external link on G. S. Carter. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

Added archive https://web.archive.org/20090625181253/http://www.sabahtourism.com:80/sabah-malaysian-borneo/deathmarch/kndsgWarMemorial.html to http://www.sabahtourism.com/sabah-malaysian-borneo/deathmarch/kndsgWarMemorial.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—^{cyberbot II}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 02:24, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]