Carlisle Journal 14/7/1922 page 5c
Carter Postcard Collection
More on the Vietnam Casualty-
L/Cpl Thomas Ross was lost in 1965 serving with 1st Bn Royal Australian Regiment.
According to this website
he is buried in Terendak Garrison Cemetery, Malacca, Malaysia
212612, Lance Corporal Thomas Ross, age 25, Died 12 Oct 1965
He's on Panel 4 of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. This is from the AWM Online Roll of Honour
Thomas Ross
Rank: Lance Corporal [L Cpl]
Service Number: 212612
Unit: 1 RAR (RA INF)
Service: Army
Conflict: Vietnam, 1962-1975
Date of Death 12 October 1965
Place of Death: South Vietnam
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Next Of Kin: Mrs E S Ross, Mother at 27 Knowehead Road, Locharoriggs, Dunfries, Scotland (1965)
http://www.vvaa.org.au/terendak.htmThe Scotsman 11 July 1922
Dumfries Courier 22 July 2011 page 16 about adding Joseph Pool, Afghanistan, onto the memorial
DETAILS OF THE POST 1945 CASUALTIES:
SGT. JAMES B. ARMSTRONG, RAF, Malaya 1952.
James Blacklock Armstrong – age 21 – Sergeant (4038565) 84 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Born 28 January 1931 in Troqueer, Dumfries. Lived at Carisbrooke, New Abbey Road Dumfries.
Killed in Action on 3 May 1952 and buried in Cheras Road Christian Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Also named on an individual memorial in Maxwelltown West Church, Dumfries.
On 3 May 1952, a Bristol Brigand B1 of 84 Squadron crashed South-East of RAF Butterworth. The aircraft was carrying out a strike against suspected terrorist positions near Chenedroh Lake Perak. After firing its rockets at the target, the outer section of the starboard wing broke away, the aircraft dived into the jungle and was destroyed by fire. The casualties were: Flying Officer (Pilot) Basil Alexander Dundonald Cochrane, Sergeant (Navigator) James Blacklock Armstrong, and Technician Cyril John Alexander Cox.
BDR. STEPHEN GILBERT, RA, Afghanistan 2010.
Stephen Raymond Gilbert – age 36 – Bombardier (25104748) 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Born 29 April 1974 in Dumfries. Son of Ray and Helen Gilbert. Husband of Jackie Gilbert
Died of Wounds on 26 June 2010 at the New Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
Cemetery – Dumfries Crematorium.
L/CPL. JOSEPH M. POOL, 1 SCOTS, Afghanistan 2010.
Joseph McFarlane Pool – age 26 – Lance Corporal (25175213) 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, formerly 1st King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Born 6 December 1983 in Dumfries. Son of Roderick and Stella Pool. Partner of Lynsey Houston
Killed in Action on 5 September 2010 and buried in Knocknairshill Cemetery, Greenock, Renfrewshire.
L/CPL. THOMAS ROSS, 1st BAT. R.A.R., Sth. Vietnam 1965.
Thomas Ross – age 25 – Lance Corporal (212612) 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
Born 1940 in Dumfries. Lived at Maple Avenue, Lincluden, Dumfries.
Son of William Ross and of Mrs. E.S. Ross of 27 Knowehead Road, Locharbriggs, Dumfries.
Died of Wounds on 12 October 1965, from an enemy mine in Ben Cat, Bien Hoa Vietnam and buried in Terendak Military Cemetery, Malacca, Malaysia.
PTE. IAN C. WALLACE, KOSB, Korea 1952.
Ian Christie Wallace – age 20 – Private (22500902) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Born 19 July 1931 in Dumfries. Lived at Goldie Crescent, Nithside, Dumfries.
Killed in Action on 5 April 1952 and buried in UN Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, South Korea.