Walsh, John Edward Steele

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Eng. I l l : Lieutenant, Light Trench Mortar Battery, 9th Brigade, A.I.F., France. Enlisting 7th February, 1916, and sailing 13th May, was appointed sergeant 36th Battn. and sergeant-major for voyage. Commissioned lieutenant in September and, transferring to battery, crossed to France 2ist November and served till death. Killed in Action, near Armentieres, 23rd December, 1916, and buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres. A.M.F. : Lieutenant, 35th Infantry. Early education at The King's School. Later at St. Paul's College. I know that no man had higher ideals of honour and duty than your son . . . and his grave is cared for by his comrades, in whose memory he will ever live.

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1894

Birth in Waratah -- NSW, Australia 1 September 1894
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Early education at The King's School, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
1916

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1916
1916

Enlisted 7 Feb 1916
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
1916

Death in Armentières -Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery- Nord, France 23 December 1916

Gender

Male

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