I whanau mai ia hei tama a Harold Power Carver me Winifred Anne Gabrielle Carver (née Wellesley) i ako ia ki Winchester College me te Royal Military College, Sandhurst, i whakauruhia a Carver hei tuarua tuarua ki te Royal Tank Corps i te 1 o Hui-tanguru 1935. I whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira i te 31 o Hanuere 1938. I mahi ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i te tuatahi i te whakahaere i nga taonga i te Tumuaki o te 7th Armoured Division i uru ki te whawhai ki nga Itari i Awherika ki te Raki: i whakahuatia ia i roto i nga korero i te 1 o Aperira 1941 me te 8 o Hurae 1941 ka whakawhiwhia ki te Karauna Hauora i te 9 o Hepetema 1942. I whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira i te 31 o Hanuere 1943, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te taumata mo te wa poto o te koromatua ka tohua hei Kaihauturu o te 1st Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment i te 14 o Aperira 1943, i arahi ia i a raatau i Awherika ki te Raki i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki te Tohu Ratonga Motuhake (DSO) i te 4 o Mei 1943 me Itari i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki te Bar ki tana DSO i te 24 o Hui-tanguru 1944. I tohua ia hei Kaiwhakahaere o te 4th Armoured Brigade i te 27 o Pipiri 1944 ka arahi i tana pereti i te pakanga i te raki o te uru o Uropi
He aha? I tohua hoki ia hei Kaihautū o te Whakataunga o te Emepaea o Ingarangi i te 1945.