Richard Henry WALSH

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WALSH, Richard Henry

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia, 5 February 1874
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Senior clerk Health Department
Died:	15 August 1949, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot: Part Monumental. Portion 4. Section 67. Grave 38.
Memorials:	East Brisbane War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Mar 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
22 Jul 1900:	Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 466 notes slightly wounded, Koster River 22 Jul 1900
21 Jun 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901.

World War 1 Service

13 Feb 1915:	Embarked Major, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
13 Feb 1915:	Involvement Major, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
28 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Major, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW right leg.
2 Mar 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Richard Henry Walsh served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. His first service was as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Boer War. His second service was as a Major in the 9th Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1, seeing action and being wounded at Gallipoli.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray, p. 466; National Archives Australia WW1 service records).

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