Carbert, Charles Molyneaux

SOLDIER DETAILS:

Carbert, Charles Molyneaux, M.C.
Captain, 20th Battalion & R.F.C.
February 1, 1917
Moorseele Military Cemetery, Belgium
Parents from Campbellville, Ontario
Maple Leaf Legacy Project

Haltonville Memorial
R. Laughton

Moorseele Military Cemetery - CWGC

Grave site photograph not available at this time.

Captain Carbert is remembered on the Haltonville Cenotaph. He is buried in Moorseele Military Cemetery in Belgium. He is recorded at A.4 and his service records indicate Grave 177/78.

Other Links:

	CEFSG Matrix Unit Information 20th Infantry Battalion
	Library and Archives Canada 20th Infantry Battalion War Diary of the 20th 1914-1917
	Nicholson Chapter 6 and Map 6 for Courcelette September 15,1916.
	London Gazette Military Cross

SOLDIER SUMMARY:

Captain Carbert was born in Kilbride Ontario, the son of Dr. George and Jessie Carbert of Campbellville, Ontario. Prior to the Great War he served with the 20th Halton Rifles, guarding the local armouries.

Captain Carbert attested to the 20th Infantry Battalion (4th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division) CEF as a Lieutenant on November 13, 1914, from the 20th Halton Rifles. The war diary records that he was transferred to the training units on September 9, 1915 in England. with the 30th then 3rd Reserve Battalions. He returned to the 20th Infantry Battalion in France on December 13, 1915. The "History of the 20th Battalion" (Corrigall) records indicate that while still a Lieutenant with the 20th Battalion, he was awarded the Military Cross for "Conspicuous Gallantry in Action" on or about September 15th or 16th (Page 2; Page 3), 1916. At the time, the 20th was heavily involved in the battle at the Sugar Factory near Courcelette. The London Gazette reports that he led the attack and later assumed command of the company. He was wounded in action and appointed Temporary Captain on September 16, 1916.

Shortly after his release from the No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station on November 11, 1916, Captain Carbert was taken on as a "Probationary Observer" in the Royal Flying Corps. The acceptance was issued on November 19, 1916 and he was subsequently reported as killed in action on February 1, 1917.

The soldier pages contain information that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks are active where the information is available:

	Soldier Name: Veteran Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial
	Soldier Number: Library and Archives Canada, Attestation Papers
	Cemetery: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register
	Remembrance: Maple Leaf Legacy Project, Remembrance of Canada's War Dead

The summary of the service is taken from the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is available in electronic and paper format in the Alex Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society. Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared. The research information available is as noted on the Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line War Diaries.

A summary of all the soldiers is contained on the Web Blog "Great War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb.

Milton Historical Society

Charles Molyneaux Carbert, M.C.