REMEMBRANCE

1.      With profound sorrow it is to intimate that Lt Col EW Carvalho (Retd), Fifteenth Commanding Officer of 1 Sikh Light Infantry has left for heavenly abode on 16 Jun 2017 at the age of 89 in Sydney, Australia.  He commanded the Bn wef 04 Aug 1965 to 29 Apr 1968.

2.      The Bn participated in 1965 Indo Pak War under Lt Col Carvalho’s Comd.  The Bn captured Kundanpur in the Sialkot Sector and was awarded the Theatre Honour ‘PUNJAB 1965’.  Lt Col Carvalho was awarded with Mentioned-in-Despatches during the war.  He also commanded the Bn as part of United Nations Expeditionary Force (UNEF) in Gaza from Aug 1966 to Jun 1967.  He was a strong and resolute Commanding Offr who was adored by the tps and offrs alike.  He is survived by his wife Mrs Glenys Carvalho and sons Mark Carvalho and Michael Carvalho.

3.      The address of the NOK is as under :-

          Mrs Glenys Carvalho

          18/28 Wudgong Street

          Mosman 2088

          New South Wales

Australia

Contact No : 00612-99608249

“GHALE AYE NANKA SADDE UTHE JAYE”

Remembered by

(Colonel of the SIKH LI Regt,

All Ranks & Families)