Cecil WALSH

WALSH, Cecil

Service Number: 11988
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 5th Medium Trench Mortar Battery
Born: Box Hill, Melbourne Victoria, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile
Plot II, Row D, Grave 21 Headstone Inscription "IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DARLING CECIL SO SADLY MISSED", Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

28 Jan 1916: Involvement Gunner, 11988, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916: Embarked Gunner, 11988, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
29 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 11988, 5th Medium Trench Mortar Battery, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 11988 awm_unit: 5th Medium Trench Mortar Battery Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-09-29

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Native of Box Hill, Victoria. Son of Cornelius and Letitia WALSH, of 279 Ross Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria. Australia.