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Jun 15, 1886
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Born in Roscrea Tipperary,
Ireland
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Nov 7, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 60025 (temporary number 480)
Ø Next of kin given as Thomas Walsh, Roscrea,
Ireland
Ø Previous occupation given as Labourer
Ø Previous military experience given as 6 years in
the 3rd Battalion, Leinster Regiment in Ireland
Ø Religion given as Roman Catholic
Ø Posted to “D” Company
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This was later reorganized
into “B” Company
The battalion trained in the
Kingston area through the winter with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries
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Jan 28, 1915
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Admitted to Kingston Hospital
with a diagnosis that reads Varicocele
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Feb 20, 1915
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Discharged to duty from
hospital
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in
Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe,
Kent to continue training
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Aug 4, 1915
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Married in Kingston, Ontario
with permission and next of kin changed to read Margaret Walsh, wife.
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in
Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne,
France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Jan 7, 1916
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Attached to the 250th
Tunnelling Company for duty
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Apr 10, 1916
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Attached to the 2nd
Canadian Tunnelling Company in Reninghelst, Belgium
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Jun 23, 1916
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Transferred to the 2nd
Canadian Tunnelling Company in Reninghelst, Belgium and rank changed to read
Sapper
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Oct 22, 1916
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Admitted to the No. 3 CCS
(Casualty Clearing Station) with a diagnosis that reads Neurasthenia
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Oct 25, 1916
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Transferred to the No. 13
General Hospital in Boulogne, France
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Oct 26, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship St. Andrew
On arrival in England, he was
admitted to the Broock War Hospital in Woolwich, London
Transferred to the CCAC
(Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Nov 20, 1916
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Transferred to the Springfield
War Hospital in Tooting
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Jan 12, 1917
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Transferred to the Canadian
Convalescent Hospital in Bromley
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Jan 19, 1917
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Transferred to the Granville
Canadian Special Hospital in Ramsgate
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Feb 12, 1917
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Awarded the Good Conduct Badge
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Mar 10, 1917
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Transferred to the CERD
(Canadian Engineers Regimental Depot) in Crowborough for pay purposes while
in hospital
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Mar 29, 1917
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Discharged from hospital and
attached to the CERD Training Depot in Crowborough
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Jun 12, 1917
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Transferred to the CDD
(Canadian Discharge Depot) in Buxton pending return to Canada
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Jun 22, 1917
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Embarked the SS Metagama in
Liverpool
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Jul 8, 1917
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Disembarked in Quebec City,
Quebec
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Jul 30, 1917
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Discharged from the CEF in
Quebec City, Quebec
Ø Rank on discharge
Private
Ø Entitled to War
Service Badges Class “A” and “B”
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Renfrew, Ontario
Following his discharge, the
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at
Pembroke, Ontario
Maurice Walsh went on to serve
in the 42nd Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment, rising to the
rank of CQMS
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Oct 3, 1918
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Admitted to the Sir Sandford
Fleming Convalescent Hospital in Ottawa with a diagnosis that reads Influenza
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Nov 1, 1918
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Discharged from hospital
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Mar 5, 1919
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Admitted to the St. Anne de
Bellevue Hospital in Montreal, Quebec with a diagnosis that reads
Neurasthenia and Bronchitis
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Mar 24, 1919
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Medical exam in hospital notes
that he is “thin, pale, emaciated man, foul health. Claims he feels no better than on
admission, is weak, pain in legs, also complains of bad cold and cough.”
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Apr 3, 1919
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Discharged from hospital to
the care of the ISC (Invalided Soldiers’ Commission)
Maurice Walsh was reported in
March of 1964 to Veterans Affairs Canada as having died in Pembroke,
Ontario. No date of death or burial
location was reported
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