A Collection of Medals to Veterinary Surgeons and the Army Veterinary Corps 316
Six: Major H. C. Welch, Army Veterinary Corps
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Civ. Vet. Surg., A.V.D.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (Vet. Lt., A.V.D.); AFRICAGENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906 (Captain, A.V. C.); 1914 STAR, with copy clasp (Capt., A.V.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Major) mounted for display, generally good very fine (6)
£800-900
Howard Cecil Welch qualified as a M.R.C.V.S. (Edinburgh) on 28 May 1894. He served in South Africa, firstly as a Civilian Veterinary Surgeon, then as a Veterinary Lieutenant. He served in operations in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900, including the action at Karee Siding; operations in the Orange River Colony, May-November 1900, and in the Transvaal, November 1900-May 1902. As a Captain in the A.V.C. he served in Nigeria during 1906 and as ‘Transport Officer and Veterinary Officer’ was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 2 July 1907). As a Captain in the A.V.C. he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 16 August 1914. He served there, August-December 1914 and November 1915-June 1917. Major Welch died in Bath in 1930. With copied m.i.c. (entitled to clasp), gazette extracts and other research.
317 Pair: Civilian Veterinary Surgeon E. Fern, Army Veterinary Department, late Kaffrarian Rifles
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Capt., Kaffn. Rif.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (C.V.S., A.V.D.) minor contact marks, good very fine (2)
£550-650
Edward Fern was born on 16 July 1861 and qualified as a M.R.C.V.S. at New Edinburgh Veterinary College on 1 June 1891. He practiced in Part Elizabeth from 1895. During the Boer War he served as a Captain in the Kaffrarian Rifles and later served as a Civilian Veterinary Surgeon in the A.V.D. With the former he saw service at the defence of Wepener. Served as G.V.O. in Cape Town and Bloemfontein where he left the service in April 1926. With some copied research.
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Seven: Captain C. C. La Roux, Indian and Malay Corps, late Heidelberg Commando and South African Veterinary Corps, died on 4 February 1944
1914-15 STAR (Pte., Heidelberg Cdo.); BRITISHWAR AND BILINGUAL VICTORYMEDALS (Pte., S.A.V.C.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; WAR AND AFRICA SERVICEMEDALS, these officially named (223951 C. C. La Roux) mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (7)
£120-160
Cecil Carter La Roux was born in Uitenhage, Cape Province on 3 March 1898. He served as a Private in the Heidelburg Commando during the Rebellion of 1914 and the German South West Africa Campaign. Later he went on to serve in the South African Veterinary Corps in German East Africa. Living in Johannesburg, employed as a Merchant, he volunteered for the Union Defence Force in July 1940. As a Captain in the Indian and Malay Corps he served in East Africa and the Middle East. He died of Coronary Aortic Disease on 4 February 1944. With copied W.W.2 service papers.
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Five: Private J. H. Miller, Technical Service Corps, late South African Veterinary Corps and South African Service Corps
1914-15 STAR (Pte., S.A. Vetry. C.); BRITISHWAR AND BILINGUAL VICTORYMEDALS (Dvr., S.A.S.C.); WAR AND AFRICA SERVICEMEDALS, these officially named (172085 J. H. Miller) mounted for display, very fine and better (5)
£70-90
John Henderson Miller was born on the Shetland Islands, Scotland, on 28 July 1886. A Wheelright by occupation, he attested for the S. A.V.C. on 19 January 1915. Suffering from various medical problems he was discharged on 6 September 1915. He re-attested for the S. A.S.C. on the same day and served in East Africa. Bouts of Malaria and Blackwater Fever brought about his return to South Africa and he was discharged the service on 1 July 1917. He re-attested for the S.A.S.C.M.T. on 5 August 1918 and was discharged on 14 January 1919.
Later, as an Engine Driver by occupation, he attested for the T.S.C. at Pretoria on 25 August 1941 stating previous military service in the Boer and Great Wars. Based mainly at Lenz, he was three times listed as being ‘absent without leave’. He was discharged, his services no longer required, on 10 March 1943. With a number of copied service papers.
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