Regimental number | 5444 |
Place of birth | Leitrim, Ballmoney, Co. Antrim, Ireland |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Railway tunneller |
Address | Cannamulla, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 43 |
Next of kin | Brother, Thomas Wallace, Leitrim, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | September 1916 Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 16/14/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 27 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Bushvale Presbyterian Church, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Father: James WALLACE |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked from Melbourne, 30 September 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 2 December 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 1 January 1917. Killed in action, south of Ypres, 25 April 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Age at death | 45 |
Sources | Robert Thompson, 'Ballymoney Heroes 1914-1918' (self published, 1999), p. 184 |