Date of death:

January 1988

Service number:

52033

Nationality:

British

Ross Wheatley continued in the Army after the war and eventually became Director of Army Surgery in the rank of Major General. After retirement from the Army he joined the P&O Line and acted as a cruise liner doctor and remained here until ill-health forced a second retirement

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel

Unit:

16 Parachute Field Ambulance

Awarded on:

December 23rd, 1943

Citation:
"Lieutenant-Colonel Wheatley dropped by parachute at Catania on the night 13/14th July in command of the Ambulance attached to the 1st Parachute Brigade. Although injured by his drop, he organised the collection of wounded and opened a dressing station on the battlefield itself. Under fire, sometimes from both sides, and on one occasion over-run by the enemy, this dressing station successfully dealt with over a hundred British and Italian casualties."

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