James WALSH

Regimental number12/1822
Date of birth5 December 1881
Place of birthFeilding
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationEngine driver
AddressOhakune
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 10.5"
Weight166 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Walsh, Ohakune
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 December 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unitAuckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 9), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Stephen and Mary Walsh, Clyde Street, Ohakune
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 23 January 1916, concluded: 'Now reported believed dead.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 22015514