WALSH, D'Arcy Stuart
| Service Number: | 1734 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916, Kadina, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallaroo, South Australia, 2 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Wallaroo, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cleaner, SAR |
| Died: | Shot by bullet & wounded by shell, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Wallaroo Soldiers Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Kadina, South Australia | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1734, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1734, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
Help us honour D'Arcy Stuart WALSH's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography
Born DARCEY STUART WALSH, 2 May 1890 in Wallaroo, South Australia
(SA Birth Record 1842 - 1906 Book: 458 Page: 350 District: Dal.)
Father John WALSH (b. - d. 3/8/1940 87 years old) and
Mother Margaret Ann (nee HERBERT) b. - d. 21/8/1953 94 years old)
living at Margaret Street, Wallaroo, South Australia. Later moved to Glenelg, SA.
Both are buried with their son, Douglas John Walsh at the West Terrace Cemetery,
Adelaide, SA.
Siblings:
Brother Douglas John Walsh
Sister Nancye Walsh (m. Rees, living in Glenelg, SA)
Sister Mrs Jim Stewart (living in Queensland)
Brother Herbert Walsh
Next of kin in service:
Brother 1817 Lieutenant Douglas John Walsh
24/5/1918 embarked per D9 from England, to return to Australia
(sick with nephritis enlarged heart, bronchitis)
Stated by family, friends and noted in the local newspapers, that although
Douglas returned home, he was a very sick man.
12/8/1918 Douglas died of illness, received through service
nephritis enlarged heart, bronchitis
at the 7 Australian General Hospital, Keswick Military Hospital, SA
buried in: West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA
a plaque in the "Garden of Remembrance"
Section: Road 1 North; Path No. 6; E/W: W; Site No.35.
Previous service:
4 years B Company 81st Infantry
D'arcy was described on enlisting as 25 years 8 months old; single; 5' 8 1/2" tall;
dark complexion; blue eyes; dark hair; Church of England
22/2/1916 Enlisted at Kadina, South Australia
1/3/1916 Mitcham Camp, 6th reinforcements, 32nd Infantry
1/6/1916 Commanding Officer appointed D'Arcy to 1st reinforcements,
43rd Infantry Battalion, Morphettville Camp
9/6/1916 Embarked Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide on board HMAT A19 Afric
as a Corporal in 11th Infantry Brigade, 43rd Infantry Battalion, A Company
20/7/1916 disembarked into Marseilles, France
25/11/1916 proceeded overseas to France, ex Southampton
5/2/1917 sick to hospital, France
19/2/1917 rejoined 43rd Battalion unit from hospital
8/5/1917 promoted to Sergeant
11/9/1917 promoted to Second Lieutenant
4/10/1917 He was killed by a bullet and previously wounded by a shell,
150 yards on the left of Zonnebeke Station.
5/10/1917 buried in the field - and a cross was erected on the grave with
name and particulars
buried by: South Australian Methodist Padre W A Moore
NO KNOWN GRAVE
His name is commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Bay 27, Stone B.
His name is located at panel 137 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.
Medals:
British War medal (60104); Victory medal (58903); Memorial Plaque and Memorial
Scroll (357356).
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 21/4/2015. Lest we forget.
Click images to start slideshow.