WALSH, Patrick Joseph
| Service Number: | 10/2020 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1915, Trentham, New Zealand |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified New Zealand Army Units |
| Born: | Ben Lomond, New South Wales, Australia, 3 July 1885 |
| Home Town: | Ben Lomond, Guyra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Galipoli, 8 August 1915, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1915: | Enlisted British Forces (All Conflicts), Private, 10/2020, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units, Trentham, New Zealand | |
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| 17 Apr 1915: | Embarked British Forces (All Conflicts), Private, 10/2020, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units, HMNZT 21 Willochra, Wellington | |
| 17 Apr 1915: | Promoted British Forces (All Conflicts), Sergeant, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units | |
| 9 Jun 1915: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Sergeant, 10/2020, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wellington Infantry Regiment | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Private, 10/2020, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Wellington Infantry Regiment | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 10/2020, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
Remarkable Career - Killed at Gallipoli
The Daily Telegraph reported on 14 September 1914 that its has been officially reported that Sergeant Patrick Joseph Walsh had been killed in action. He was a son of Mr. Patrick Walsh, Ben Lomond, and was 30 years of age. He had a remarkable career. When, quite a child he had his right leg almost torn off by a dog. A few years later he was badly scalded on the same leg. In the space of two years Walsh was bitten seven times by venomous snakes, and was run over by a steel roller a ton weight, and hovered at death's door with a severe attack of enteritis.
He spent two years in the cane fields at Mackay, Queensland, where he joined the mounted police. He wanted to go to Thursday Island, but was refused and resigned. Walsh went to New Zealand, where he enlisted. He was two months in the firing line, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant.
He was killed in the four days' battle in which the New Zealandera were engaged. He was a splendid horseman, a fine rifle shot and a member of the Glen Innes Club.
Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page25751206
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