Marcus Baldwin Welch

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Chemist on the Dornock Site

Birthplace Wellington Palmerston North New ZealandPlace of Residence at HM Factory Gretna No. 1 Staff House Dumfriesshire Eastriggs Scotland Date of Birth: February 21, 1895 Date of Death: September 29, 1942

Biography

MARCUS BALDWIN WELCH

Date and place of birth : 21 February 1895

Date and place of Death : 29 September 1942
Nationality: New Zealand born Australian

Biography: Marcus grew up as part of a large family, with 5 siblings.
Parents: William Welch and Eliza Charlotte Welch
Parents occupation . Not known
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance –

The University of Sydney

https://heuristplus.sydney.edu.au/heurist/?db=ExpertNation&ll=Beyond1914
Place of residence at Gretna:

No. 1 Staff House, Eastriggs,
Marital status

Married Ada B Wright in 1916
Children:

2 children
Job title at Gretna: Marcus was a Chemist on the Dornock site

Marcus’s forwarding address in the Dornock Farewell, held in The Devil’s Porridge Museum archive collection
Travels –
Awards/recognitions: Nil known
Trivia/any other information

World War I Records on Ancestry:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/60864/images/8380413_0001?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=355596
http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/welch-marcus-baldwin.html

https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004108b.htm

https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1476934?c=people

http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2019019398/

References

Ancestry

FindMyPast

FreeBMD

Dornock Farewell Magazine
Further Links, notes and comments.

Marcus wrote numerous articles relating to his botanical work after WW1

https://royalsoc.org.au/search-this-site?searchword=welch&searchphrase=all