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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Vadivelu, Chittor |
| Date of birth: | May 2nd, 1918 (Chittoor/South India, India)
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| Date of death: |
October 11th, 2000 (Chennai/Madras, India)
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BIOGRAPHY:
Service number M.13313.
Served also in the in UN peace keeping operations in Lebanon, 1958. Retired from the Indian Army Medical Corps with the rank of Major General in 1977.
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MILITARY CROSS (MC)
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Rank:
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Captain
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Indian Medical Service
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January 17th, 1946
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Action:
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In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma in 1940.
Citation:
"His steadiness under fire, disregard for danger and the attention he paid to sick and wounded has set an excellent example, which has inspired confidence in all ranks."
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Details:
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Published in The London Gazette dated 17th January 1946.
Presented by General Cariappa at a military parade on 18th August 1952.
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| Information source(s): |
- Supplement to the London Gazette of 15th January 1946, Issue 37433, dated 17th January 1946
- Fauji Akhbar, Illustrated Weekly Magazine of the Armed Forces of India, 26th October 1952
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