WALSH, Philip Ambrose
| Service Number: | 997 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 997, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 997, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 997, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 997, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 997 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Philip Walsh enlisted with his brother Richard in the 30th Battalion. They both transferred to the 45th Battalion during the reorganisation of the AIF following the Gallipoli campaign. Another brother Frederick Walsh, also transferred to the 45th Battalion at this time.
They had a fourth brother, 2055 Pte Francis Joseph Walsh, 13th Battalion AIF, who had died of wounds at Malta, during the August battles at Gallipoli.
Philip was court martialed during July 1916 for 'when on Active Service disobeying in such a manner as to show willful defiance of authority, a lawful command given personally by his superior Officer in execution of his duty'. He was awarded 6 months' imprisonment with hard labour. He was sent to a Military Prison in France and released early to join his Battalion during December 1916.
Philip was killed in action at Messines in Belgium during 1917. Frederick Walsh was wounded in Belgium during October 1917. 998A Pte. Richard Clarence Walsh was killed in action at Dernancourt during 1918.
Their mother had passed away during 1913 and their father lived in Forest Lodge Sydney. Their sister, Miss C. Walsh, wrote to Base Records, 16 July 1924: ' ..I beg to point out to you that my father has had a stroke & is unable to transact any business.... I ... would be grateful (seeing that the stroke was caused through the loss of his three sons in the recent war) if you would send all communications to me, since anything in the nature of your communication of the 10th July [seeking her father's address] only revives painful memories to my father in his present state of health.