Date of death:

January 1988

Service number:

52033

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

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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