The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Carter
- First Name:
- Donald Newington Hunter
- Rank:
- Pte
- Regimental #:
- WX8240
- Company:
- D Coy 2/3rd MGB
- Enlisted:
- 16.08.1940
- Discharged:
- 18.12.1945
- DOB:
- 22.07.1916
- Place of Birth:
- Claremont WA
- Father's Name:
- Carter Rupert Newington
- Mothers's Name:
- Carter Dorothy
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Bank Clerk
- Camps Japan:
- Ohama
- POW#:
- 3111 Ohama, 6909 Java.
- Date of Death:
- 15.09.1970
General Description
Review WX8240 Donald Carter’s military records held at NAA.
From Sumatra, Don was sent to Japan. He was recovered from Ohama POW Camp at the end of war.
The following is Donald’s Japanese Prisoner of War Index Card, also from NAA.
