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Daniel Thomas WALLACE

Regimental number787
Place of birthNatimuk, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStockman
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 8.5"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Wallace, Kooroongarra, Queensland
Enlistment date17 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Place of death or woundingBony, near St Quentin, France
Age at death36.11
Place of burialUnicorn Cemetery (Plot IV, Row B, Grave 30), Vend'huile, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Margaret and James WALLACE.
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2515 Pte Ninian Renton WALLACE, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 10 June 1919; 3009 Pte William David Hortle WALLACE, 52nd Bn, died of wounds, 14 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 18 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 20 July 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 24 November 1916.

Wounded in action, 11 February 1917 (gun shot wound, lower jaw); admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance, 12 February 1917, and transferred same day to 1st Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 26, 13 February 1917, and admitted to 13th Stationary Hospital, Boulogne; transferred to England, 25 February 1917, and admitted to Edmonton Military Hospital, London, 25 February 1917; transferred to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 16 March 1917; discharged on furlough, 1 May 1917, to report to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Perham Downs, 16 May 1917.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological hospital, Bulford, 23 May 1917; discharged, 10 July 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 49 days.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 August 1917; rejoined 41st Bn, in the field, 26 August 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 8 November 1917.

On leave to England, 9 March 1918; rejoined Bn from leave, 2 April 1918.

Appointed Temporary Corporal, 27 May 1918.

Promoted Corporal, 28 August 1918.

Killed in action, 29 September 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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