Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Enlistment
- 20/01/1942
- Date of Discharge
- 05/02/1946
- Place of Enlistment
- Merrylands NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 26/04/1913
- Place of Birth
- Duntroon ACT
- Address (at enlistment)
- Station Street, Fairfield NSW
- Occupation
- Case repairer
- Next of Kin
- Dulcie Welch (wife), Fairfield NSW
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- N212078
- Final Rank
- Sapper
- Final Unit
- 51 Field Park Company
Notes
Welch was the son of Roland and Margaret Welch and grew up at Duntroon where his father worked as a clerk. He enlisted in January 1942 in Sydney and served with the 58th Field Park Company in Lae New Guinea during 1944 and with the 58th Field Park Company in Port Moresby and Rabaul during 1945 as a welder. He died in Sydney in November 2001 aged 88 years.
Description - height 5 feet 11 inches, fair complexion, grey eyes, fair hair, Church of England.
Sources
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
NAA RecordSearch - Series B884 (Citizen's Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947)
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
NSW Births, Deaths & Marriages - www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm
Ryerson Index