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{{Short description|Pakistan army officer (1945–2021)}}
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|birth_date = 13 November 1945<ref name="bbc2021">{{cite web |title=Colonel Derek Joseph: Who was the Armenian Colonel who destroyed several Indian tanks during the 1971 war |url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-58037349 |website=BBC News |language=ur |date=31 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="press24">{{cite web |title=Who was the Armenian Colonel Derrick Joseph, who destroyed seven Indian tanks in the 1971 war? » Press24 News English |url=https://english.press24.in/2021/08/07/who-was-the-armenian-colonel-derrick-joseph-who-destroyed-seven-indian-tanks-in-the-1971-war/ |website=Press24 News English |date=6 August 2021}}</ref>
|birth_place = [[Peshawar]], [[North-West Frontier Province]], [[British India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|07|29|1945|11|13}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Colonel Joseph, the destroyer of Indian tanks in the war of 1971, has passed away |url=https://googlynews.tv/117269/71-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BA-%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%81-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%92-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%92-%DA%A9/pakistan-headlines/ |website=Googly News |language=ur |date=2 August 2021}}</ref>
|death_place = [[Peshawar]], Pakistan
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|allegiance = Pakistan, UAE
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'''Derek Joseph''' ({{lang-hy|Դերեկ Ջոզեֆ}}) (1945–2021) was a Pakistan army officer of [[Armenians|Armenian]] origin and a veteran of [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref name="mandi">{{cite web |title=Who was the Armenian Colonel Derek Joseph who destroyed 7 Indian tanks in the 1971 war? |url=https://www.mandibahauddin.com/colonel-derick-josef-who-destroyed-7-indian-army-tanks-in-1971-pakistan-india-war/ |website=Mandi Bahauddin |language=ur |date=3 August 2021}}</ref> Joseph joined the Pakistan army in 1969 and later fought in Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 where he destroyed seven Indian tanks.<ref name="bbc2021"/><ref name="press24"/> He was awarded [[Tamgha-i-Jurat]] for his actions during the war. After the war, Joseph chose to be sent on deputation to [[United Arab Emirates Armed Forces]] where he served for three years before returning to Pakistan.<ref name="bbc2021"/> He retired in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He died on 29 July 2021 in [[Peshawar]].<ref name="press24"/>

==Personal life==
Joseph was born on 13 November 1945 in [[Peshawar]], [[North-West Frontier Province]], [[British India]]. His brother, Dennis Joseph, a retired professor at [[Edwardes College Peshawar|Edwardes College]], says that their family came from [[Armenia]] to [[Afghanistan]] and stayed in [[Kabul]] and [[Nangarhar]] before moving to British India following the withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan. Joseph's family arrived in [[Peshawar]], capital of then [[North-West Frontier Province]] (now known as [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]), in 1890 and have remained there ever since.<ref name="bbc2021"/> Derek Joseph's father, Dr. Paul Joseph, was a general surgeon at the [[List of Christian mission hospitals|Mission Hospital in Peshawar]] and his mother used to teach English at various colleges.<ref name="bbc2021"/><ref name="press24"/><ref name="mandi"/>

==Military career==
Joseph was commissioned into the Pakistan Army on 20 April 1969 and later fought in Indo-Pakistan war of 1971. During the war he destroyed seven Indian tanks and was awarded Tamgha-i-Jurat for his valour.<ref name="bbc2021"/><ref name="press24"/>

==Possibility of becoming a General==
Colonel Joseph's friend, Retd Brigadier Muhammad Saad, said that considering Colonel Joseph's abilities, it was clear that he would reach the rank of General, but instead of going to the [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Command and Staff College in Quetta]], Colonel Joseph left Pakistan and joined the [[United Arab Emirates Armed Forces]].<ref name="bbc2021" />

==Death==
Derek Joseph died on 29 July 2021 in his birthplace, [[Peshawar]]. He was found dead in his home after his brother arrived at the home to do a [[Wellness check|welfare check]] because he didn't answer his phone call. He was buried with full military honors in a military graveyard.<ref name="bbc2021"/><ref name="press24"/> A number of retired Pakistani military personnel and civil servants described Joseph as brave soldier and expressed their grief over the death of Joseph.<ref name="mandi"/>

==See also==
* [[Armenians in Pakistan]]
* [[Gurbanmurad Nepesov]]

==References==
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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Armenian diaspora in Asia]]
[[Category:Pakistan Army officers]]
[[Category:Pakistani people of Armenian descent]]
[[Category:Pakistani military personnel of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
[[Category:Pakistani Christians]]
[[Category:People from Peshawar]]

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