Wallace Hill HAMMOND

Regimental number3124
Place of birthWarrnambool, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPrinter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 5.75"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinFather, T Hammond, Jamieson Street, Warrnambool, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 72nd [92nd?] Bn, Cadets, for 4 years.
Enlistment date8 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial		170
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 28 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, france, 29 June 1916.

Reported missing in Action, 19 July 1916.

Court of enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 1250902: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'

Statement, 2888 Pte F.J. TALBOT, B Company, 60th Bn, 21 May 1917: 'I saw Hammond killed in No Man's Land at Fleurbaix on July 19th, '16. He was killed by a shell which practically tore off his head. I do not know what became of the body as I was wounded and left the field immediately after.'

Second statement, 2688 Pte F.J. TALBOT, 60th Bn, 19 July 1917: 'I was in the charge on the 19.7.16 with Pte W.H. Hammond of the 60th Btn and saw him get killed by a shell in No Man's Land. Upon returning 24 hours later he was still there.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HAMMOND Wallace Hill
Red Cross File No 1250902