Patrick Joseph WALSH

Regimental number10/2020
Date of birth3 July 1885
Place of birthBen Lomond, New South Wales, Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressPirinoa
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29.5
Height5' 6.5"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinFather, Patrick Walsh, Ben Lomond, New South Wales, Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 January 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
The 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 21 'Willochra', HMNZT 22 'Knight Templar', and HMNZT 23 'Waitomo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 23), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs P. Walsh, Side Brook, Ben Lomond, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead.'

War service: 215 days (of which 114 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 22015567