David James WALSH

Regimental number9/1619
Date of birth23 July 1895
Place of birthGisborne
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCowboy
AddressMangapapa, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.6
Height5' 8"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinFather, Jack Walsh, Mangapapa, Gisborne
Previous military serviceServed in Senior Cadets, Gisborne; left the district; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 3), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and May Walsh, Mangapapa, Gisborne
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Abbassia, 22 December 1915 (dysentery); listed as 'seriously ill', 1 January 1916; transferred to Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, 16 February 1916; attached on strength to Base Depot, Ghezireh, 2 March 1916.

Transferred to 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, Ismailia, 18 March 1916, and posted to 14th Company.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 9 April 1916; joined Bn, in the field, 11 June 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Buried in Sheet 28.D.9.d.80.95, 20 yards from Waterloo Farm, grave marked with 4 pegs and wire: undated report from 2nd Corps Burial Detachment; grave subsequently lost.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Seventh
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22015490