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Charles Thomas WALLACE

Regimental number1983
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
SchoolFlinders State School, Geelong, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationWood machinist
Address7 Virginia Street, Newtown, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Walker, 7 Virginia Street, Newtown, Victoria
Previous military serviceHe served in Area 69C Senior Cadets, then in 70th Infantry Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date8 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 26 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 August 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death20
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave 75), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George William and Ellen WALLACE.

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