Olivier, Count of Wallis

Not to be confused with George Olivier, count of Wallis.
Oliver Remigius, Count von Wallis
Born(1742-10-01)1 October 1742
Vienna, Austria
Died19 July 1799(1799-07-19) (aged 56)
Kloten, Switzerland
AllegianceHabsburg monarchy
BranchColonel-Proprietor (Inhaber), 29th Infantry Regiment (Austria), Wallis Regiment
Service years1757(?) – 1799
RankFeldzeugmeister (General of Infantry)
Vice Director General of Artillery, February 1792 – June 1799
ConflictsAustro-Turkish War (1788–1791)
French Revolutionary Wars

Oliver Remigius, Count von Wallis, Baron von Carrighmain, (1 October 1742 – 19 July 1799) the scion of the distinguished Irish Walsh family in Habsburg military service, served in Austria's wars with the Ottoman Empire (1787–1791), and in the French Revolutionary Wars (1791–1800). He died of wounds received in action at the First Battle of Zürich.

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