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Private Michael Walsh

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Walsh, Michael
Date of birth: 1882-05-08
Place of birth: Queenstown County Cork Ireland
Next of kin: Mrs. Ellen Hennessey, sister, of Admiralty Lodge, Queenstown, Ireland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Miner
Address: Kamloops, British Columbia
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1917-03-01
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, VIII. E. 8.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 687881
Highest Rank: Private (54th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 54th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Lance Corporal (Army). 1916-03-07 to 1917-02-02
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in Action on a trench raid on Vimy sector.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 80936
LAC ID: 296101
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B10056-S056
Uploader's Notes: 2 years prior military service at Naval Training School; and with 102nd Regiment, Rocky Mountain Rangers.
Uploader's Research notes: [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 172nd Battalion A Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 54th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-05-25