LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class 1 John Lundy CARTER
Service No: 43236
Born: Wondai QLD, 8 January 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 June 1941
Unit: No.8 Squadron, Java
Died: Ground Battle: Java, 28 February 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: No additional information
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Column 422, Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Aircraftman Carter was lost in the area between Anjer and Laboen, Java, near the Sunda Straits, during the Japanese landings on the night of 28 February / 1 March 1942.
RAAF members lost at this time were:
Aircraftman Class 1 John Lundy Carter (43236)
Aircraftman Class 1 John Brynmor Evans (27026)
Aircraftman Class 1 Jack Forby (39764)
Flight Lieutenant Andrew Creswell Lewis (282675)
Aircraftman Class 1 Charles Dudley Potts (39872) PoW, Died: 24 June 1944
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/95/232
Bibliography:
Hall, E.R. (Eldred Rayner) (O3341) Glory in Chaos, Sembawang Association West Coburg VIC, 1989