Service Details
Name:
 WELSH
Given Name:
 TOM
Initials:
 T
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Medical Corps
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Unit:
 1st Field Ambulance
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Unit 2:
 attd. 2nd Regt. South African Infantry
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-12
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Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 M C, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 MC LG Sup 10 January 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed great courage and determination in organising and leading stretcher parties under heavy fire."
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Jessie Jardine Halliday Welsh. Native of Edinburgh, Scotland. Also served in German South West Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 A. 17.

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