Richard Walsh

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Richard Joseph Walsh - Regt # 942
Donated by Steve Stuart

1915

29 Jan: Attestation Paper; enlisted First Newfoundland Regiment; occupation-fisherman; 19 years old

5 Feb: Took oath and signed Attestation Paper

20 Mar: Embarked T.S. Stephano from St. John's, Newfoundland

22 Mar: Disembarked in UK, probably Scotland

30 Mar: Stationed at Edinburgh Castle

31 Aug: Disembarked Alexandria and entrained for Abbassia, Cairo

13 Sept: Embarked for Gallipoli, Turkey

19 Sept: Landed at Sulva Bay that evening; served in Gallipoli until 5

2 Dec: Admitted 26th C.C.S. for frostbite

30 Dec: Admitted hospital at Mudros for diphtheria

1916

15 Jan: In hospital for tonsillitis

17 Jan: Discharged to base details

31 Jan: With 1st Battalion

14 Mar: Embarked Port Suez

22 Mar: Disembarked Dardanelles

1 July: Wounded at Beaumont Hamel, Battle of the Somme; flesh wound to arm and leg

3 July: Admitted to 5th General Hospital, Rouen; gunshot wound

4 July: Invalided to England

6 July: Admitted to Highbury V.A.D. Hospital in Birmingham

12 July: Telegram to Amelia Williams about wound

17 July: Follow-up telegram to Amelia Williams

18 July: Discharge from hospital; furlough, staying at Union Jack Club, Waterloo Bridge Road, London

27 July: Off furlough; attached to 2nd Battalion Depot

24 Aug: Embarked Southampton to 1st Battalion B.E.F.

12 Oct: Service at Guedecourt, France

19 Nov: Wounded at Guedecourt, France; admitted hospital with shell contusion of right forearm and wrist; may have been broken

24 Nov: Invalided to England

28 Nov: Admitted London General Hospital, Wandsworth

30 Nov: Telegram to Amelia Williams

15 Dec: Letter from Amelia asking for furlough back to Newfoundland

20 Dec: Response saying that Private Walsh should apply to commanding officer at Depot, Ayr, Scotland

1917

3 Jan: Discharged from hospital after 36 days; furlough

12 Jan: Furlough ends, then attached to Depot

22 Jan: Admitted to 4th Scottish General Hospital, Glasgow

13 Feb: Attached to 2nd Battalion Depot, Ayr, Scotland

30 Apr: Discharged from hospital after 98 days

29 May: At Ayr, Scotland

1 June: Transfer from 2nd Battalion, Ayr to 1st Battalion, B.E.F.

3 June: Embarked Folkstone; disembarked Bologne, France

19 June: Joined 1st Battalion

20 Nov: Service at Cambrai, France

21 Nov: Amelia's request for furlough home is denied

3 Dec: Wounded at Cambrai, France; through-and-through, left thumb

5 Dec: Admitted 7th Can. Gen. Hosp., Staples

7 Dec: Transfer to England aboard hospital ship

11 Dec: Admitted to O.C. Fulham Military Hospital, Hammersmith

14 Jan: Discharged from hospital; furlough

24 Jan: Off furlough, then attached to 11th Command Depot

25 Jan: Admitted Special Division Military Hospital, Chiselboro

17 Apr: Discharged hospital after 83 days

12 Dec: Embarked S.S. Corsican from Tilbury Dock to Newfoundland

21 Dec: Arrived Newfoundland; reported to Depot

1919

10 Jan: Recommended for discharge as permanently unfit for duty

15 Jan: Discharge approved; classification B, medical category E; not in position to take up civilian occupation; to take up work as steward

29 Jan: Demobilization at St. John's, Newfoundland

1 Feb: Discharge Certificate #809 sent to Private Richard J. WALSH

27 Feb: Request for lump sum payment of War Service Gratuity is denied; wanted to purchase fishing boat

8 Mar: Applied for War Service Gratuity

24 Mar: Applied for 1914-1915 Star and Riband

31 Mar: Received 3-inch Riband

3 Dec: Received 1914-1915 Star for service at Gallipoli

1920

13 Aug: Received Army Book 64; living at 162 Sheridan Avenue, Medford, MA

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