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WALSH, James Vincent
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5058 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Waratah,Tasmania, Australia , 9 August 1888 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner/Labourer |
| Died: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 26 September 1963, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5058 | |
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| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5058, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5058, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5058, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5058, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5058, Marched out to the 1st ANZAC Entrenching Battalion. | |
| 26 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5058, Was attached to the 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company in the field. | |
| 20 Jan 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 5058, Was taken on strength with the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company. Blue Chevrons were issued to wear on his uniform for service of twelve months abroad. | |
| 20 Feb 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 5058, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Gas shell attack | |
| 20 May 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5058, Embarked for Australia from Liverpool, England on H.T. Nestor. | |
| 5 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5058, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
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