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Arthur WALLACE

Regimental number31
Place of birthPort Macquarie, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressPort MacQuarie, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinWife, Mrs A Wallace, 44 Frazer Road, Petersham, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Light Horse Brigade Ammunition Reserve
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll8990
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Company, Australian Army Service Corps
FateReturned to Australia 9 March 1919
Discharge date1 July 1919
Other details

War service: embarked for overseas service, 12 May 1915; disembarked Egypt.

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 20 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 28 March 1916. Attached to 20th Battery, 5th Field Artillery Brigade, 10 May 1916 (temporary). Granted furlough, 30 May 1916; returned to duty, 9 June 1916. On leave to England, 8 September 1917; rejoined unit, 21 September 1917.

Detached to 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, 3 April 1918; rejoined 20th Company, Australian Army Service Corps ex detachment, 9 April 1918.

Marched out to England to commence return to Australia, 2 January 1919; commenced return to Australia, 9 March 1919 on board 'Kashmir'; disembarked Melbourne for Sydney, 23 April 1919; discharged, 1 July 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 124 days (of which 3 years 357 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsUnit of embarkation: 4th Light Horse Brigade Ammunition Reserve, 1st Reinforcement

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