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Havildar Gaje Ghale

2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)

Date of Action: 24 May 1943

Place of Action: Chin Hills, Burma

Date and Place of Birth: 1 August 1918, Barabak village, Gorkha tehsil, Nepal, son of Bikram Ghale

Enrolled: 1 August 1935

Retired:  as Captain, living in India in 1997

CITATION

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London Gazette, 30 September 1943

Below is a later picture of Havildar Ghale, after he had entered the service of teh Indian Army.

The picture above was taken ca. 1 July 1997, at the reunion of the VC and GC Association. At that point in time, Gaje Ghale was confined to a  wheelchair.

A link to Gaje Ghale on Mike Chapman's VC pages.