Service Details
Name:
 WELCH
Given Name:
 HENRY CLARENCE
Initials:
 H C
Service No:
 26/940
Rank:
 Serjeant
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Regiment:
 New Zealand Rifle Brigade
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Unit:
 4th Bn. 3rd
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Date of Death:
 1917-05-10
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Date of Birth:
 1893-12-03
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 M M
Citations:
 LG Sup 19 February 1917 pg 1757 - "For gallantry and special good work during the raid by the 4th Battalion, 3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade on the enemy trench at Corner Fort, south of Fleurbaix on the night of the 17th/18th December 1916. Though heavily bombed when he first entered the enemy trenches he led his party with great skill, silencing the party exposed to him, killing a number of them, and finally capturing 5 prisoners."
Additional
Information:
Son of George Edward and Jane Welch, of "Glen Innes," St. Helier's Bay, Auckland. Born Taupiri, Auckland, New Zealand. His brother George Welch also died in service. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Commemoration stone in Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. F. 6.

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