Carrick Paul

Lieutenant Carrick Stewart Paul DFC (5 February 1893 – 22 January 1919 was a World War I flying ace from New Zealand. He was credited with five aerial victories in Palestine between May and August 1918 when flying a Bristol F.2 Fighter.

Biography Carrick Paul was born at Thames in New Zealand on 5 February 1893. After the outbreak of the First World War he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, and was posted to the 6th Light Horse Regiment. He later transferred to the Australian Flying Corps and served in the Sinai and Palestine campaign.

The announcement of his DFC was made in The London Gazette. The published citation read:

Paul is listed on the Chatby Memorial, in Alexandria, Egypt, which commemorates military personnel of the Commonwealth who died at sea during the First World War and have no known grave.