WALSH, Eric Bruce
| Service Number: | 161756 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 March 1944, 10 Repair and Salvage Unit |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | West Botany, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1912 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assembler |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 April 1960, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Mar 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 161756, 10 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
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| 14 Jun 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 161756, 10 Repair and Salvage Unit | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Leading Aircraftman, 161756 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Eric, born in 1912 in Sydney NSW, was the eldest of two children of George Walsh (born in Lancashire, UK) and Florrie Cornell (born in Kyogle, NSW). George was a Railways Employee and Florrie a Book Binder. Younger brother Norman served witht he Australian Army in WWII.
Eric had worked as a Taxi Driver in Sydney, and married Olga Lucy Allen in 1938 in Marrickville, Sydney, NSW. Eric and Olga were living in Marrickville where Eric worked as an Assembler when he enlisted in the RAAF in 1944. Eric was a Leading Aircraftman (Service No: 161756) with 10 Repair and Salvage Unit in 1944/1945.
Eric and Olga continued to live in Marrickville, Sydney, NSW where Eric was an Assembler until his death in 1960
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