Biography: Walsh, Austin Leonard and Walsh, Vivian Claude

Walsh brothers’ seaplanes

A modern colour artwork showing side views of a succession of seaplanes

The Walshes built five seaplanes between 1915 and 1918 to help train aviators for service in the First World War.

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Terry Moyle. 'Walsh, Austin Leonard and Walsh, Vivian Claude', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2021, updated May 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/47503/walsh-brothers-seaplanes (accessed 4 June 2026).