Alexander Brown WALLACE

Regimental number2656
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address170 Balmain Rod, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Alexander Wallace, 224 St John Road, Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date24 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXIV, Row C, Grave No. 20), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Amy Elizabeth WALLACE, 224 St John's Road, Glebe, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal