Martin Vincent Walsh (SN 4327) was born at Sebastopol and was an 18 year old labourer when he enlisted on July 14th 1915. On December 29th he embarked aboard the Demosthenes to serve in France with the 14th Battalion. On July 3rd 1916 he suffered shell shock and was evacuated to England. He returned to France in April 1917 and in September he was wounded again suffering a gunshot wound to his right arm. After the war he returned to Australia on the Armagh, disembarked on May 18th 1919 and was discharged on July 10th.

Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as Martin V. Walshe.