Harcourt Maitland Welch

(Confirmed)

Born: 25 August, 1896

Died: 8 December, 1975

Biographical Summary:

Cousin of Mervyn Bede Welch.

Mother lived at 61 Spit Road.

B Company, 3rd Battalion. Wounded May 1915, Gallipoli – "shrapnel wound scalp, chest and leg, serious."

A letter from Harcourt Welch in his service records, dated 1967, states, in part:

I landed on Gallipoli on 25th of April 1915. I was wounded on the 19th May 1915. Firstly I received a shrapnel wound in my chest & while being carried on strecher received machine gun bullet through my right knee. I rejoined my Battalion after the evacuation from Gallipli and went to France where I served a further 18 months before being invalided to home service in England with trench-feet.

 

 

Recorded Names:

• Harcourt Maitland Welch
• Harcourt Welch

Service Number: 382

Ranks:

• Held rank of Private

Birth Records:

• Born in Maitland, NSW, Australia
• 25 August, 1896 in Maitland, NSW, Australia

Death Records:

• 8 December, 1975 in Greenacre

Life Events:

• Enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Euripides

Address:

• 61 Spit Road Mosman NSW Australia

Relationships:

• mother - Welch Agnes A
• sibling - Roy Clayton Welch
• father - William George Welch
• mother - Agnes Annie Fitzsimmons

Organisations:

• Member of - ,,,
• Member of - 3rd Battalion, AIF

Main Sources:

• THE ROLL OF HONOR NSW WOUNDED (Newspaper Article)
• WELCH Harcourt Service Number 382 Place of Birth West Maitland NSW Place of Enlistment Sydney NSW Next of Kin Mother WELCH Agnes A (Item)
• Discovering Anzacs Harcourt Welch (Webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Roll Harcourt Welch (Webpage)
• Pte H Welch (Photograph)
• NEW SOUTH WALES WOUNDED (Newspaper Article)
• NEW SOUTH WALES RETURNED TO DUTY (Newspaper Article)

Commemorations:

• WELCH H. on the North Face of the
• Welch on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour