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Gunner JOHN WELSH

Service Number: 13768
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Straits Settlements Volunteer Force

"V" Bty., Singapore Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 14 December 1942

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY

9. K. 1.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret J. Welsh, of Forfar, Angus; husband of Ernestina Welsh. Member Pharmaceutical Society.
  • Personal Inscription GOD WILLED IT SO. JUST TILL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 1739
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