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Second Lieutenant John Arthur ’Art’ Carswell

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1887-10-28
Place of birth: Oshawa Ontario Canada
Next of kin: John Alfred Carswell, father. Red Deer, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Student
Occupation (normalized): Other Professional, Technical and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1968-04-21

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: McG/16
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Rank detail
  1. Corporal (Army).
  2. Corporal, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
  3. Second Lieutenant (Air Force).
  4. Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 90589
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1537-S042
Uploader's Notes:

Son of John Alfred Carswell and Adelia Augusta Carswell (nee Lemon); older brother of Henry Cecil Carswell (Service No. 183865) and Charles Frederick 'Charlie' Carswell (Service No. McG/226); husband of Helen Dolores Carswell (nee Laidlaw) married December 28, 1923

Original overseas unit 2nd University Company. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field September 1, 1915. Wounded May 12, 1916. Struck off strength June 18, 1916. Invalided owing to sickness or wounds. Second Lieutenant with Royal Air Force.

Medal card of Carswell, John Arthur.

Letters transcribed and compiled by M. I. Pirie, researching the Red Deer (Alberta) Cenotaph.

See attached letters relating to the Carswells. A letter describing when John Arthur Carswell was wounded was published in the Red Deer News on 07 June 1916, pg. 8. It was sent home by his brother Charles Frederick Carswell (who was known as 'Charlie').

Uploader's Research notes: [Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 2nd University Company Corporal Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 191st Battalion Second Lieutenant Air Force Royal Air Force Royal Air Force ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2006-09-01
Last modified: 2021-02-09