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Captain Gershom Homer Carpenter

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1883-12-24
Place of birth: Fruitland Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. F.M. Carpenter, mother, then J. Frank Carpenter, brother, Fruitland, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Fruit Grower
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death: 1933-04-07

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Captain
Rank detail
  1. Captain (Army). 1917-07-09 ?
  2. Captain (Army). 1917-07-07 to 1917-07-09
  3. Captain (Army). 1917-01-04 to 1917-07-07
  4. Captain (Army). 1916-11-19 to 1917-01-04
  5. Captain (Army). 1916-09-19 to 1916-11-19
  6. Captain, 19th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-02-15 to 1916-09-19
  7. Captain (Army). 1915-05-06 to 1916-02-15
  8. Captain, 1st Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-08-13 to 1914-09-21
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Slightly wounded on Sep 15, 1916 when he was buried in a building that was hit by a shell.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 88868
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4
Service file: B1508-S043
Uploader's Notes: Son of Franklin Metcalf Carpenter and Catherine Hutchinson Carpenter (nee Gairdner), Fruitland, Ontario; husband of Alice Dorothy Carpenter, 51 Grosvenor Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Uploader's Research notes:

36th Battalion Nominal Roll

His service file is digitized and is available at the above LAC link.

There are two sets of Attestation papers. The first, dated Sept 23rd, 1914 named his mother, Mrs F. M. Carpenter as next-of-kin. The second, dated May 6th, 1915 at Hamilton, Ontario, named his brother J. Frederick Carpenter as next-of-kin

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2014-01-02
Last modified: 2014-03-30