WHEATLEY, Maj-Gen. Percival R., DSO (Companion of the Distinguished Service Order), c. 1977-1983

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Comprises:

(fols. i-vii) address card, personal data sheet, and correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project (ODRP)
(fols. 1-37) responses to aide-mémoire, with ODRP transcript.

Dates

Creation: c. 1977-1983

Extent

6 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1734 (397)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Maj-Gen. P.R. Wheatley, DSO, born 1909, son of a clergyman, Educated at St. Dunstan's College, Catford, and Guy's Hospital Medical School. Obtained a commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1939, and served with the British Expeditionary Force, 1939-1943 and with the 2nd Indian Airborne Div., 1944-1946. Surgical Specialist in Europe, Singapore, and Japan, 1946-1960; served in Ghana Army Hospital, 1960-1961; and was Director of Army Surgery and Consulting Surgeon to the Army.

Surgical Specialist, Military Hospital, Accra, 1960-1961.