They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Robert Henry Carter

 

Ordinary Seaman, 6031-H, RCN

 

Born: 03 Oct 1928, Brookfield, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia

 

Died: 16 Jul 1947 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

CARTER, Robert Henry, OS, 6031-H, RCN, MPK - 16 Jul 1947, HMCS MICMAC - Son of Leo S. and Ethel Carter, of Brookfield, Nova Scotia.

 

Ordinary Seaman R. H. Carter died when HMCS Micmac was in collision with S.S. Yarmouth County in Sambro Channel off Nova Scotia coast.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS HALIGONIAN - Commenced engagement 25 Jun 1946

HMCS NADEN - Drafted to NADEN 26 Jun 1946 as an OS, RCN

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 01 Nov 1946 as an OS, RCN

HMCS MICMAC - Drafted to MICMAC 12 Nov 1946 as an OS, RCN

 

RC01

RC02

RC03

RC04

(RC01-RC02) Certificate of Service - pages 1 and 2

(RC03) Report of Death

(RC04) Official presumption of death for OS Carter and 4 other crew of MICMAC whose bodies were never recovered

 

 

Second World War Casualty Index

 

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