Regimental number | 3892 |
Place of birth | Rockhampton, Queensland |
School | State School, Queensland |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Cheapside Street, Maryborough, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23.2 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 111 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, R A Wallace, Cheapside Street, Maryborough, Queensland |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Maryborough, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 15th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/32/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 47th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 24.6 |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 144 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert Alfred Renforth Wallace and Eliza WALLACE. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Transferred to 47th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 9 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 9 June 1916. Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, 2 January 1917 (trench feet), and transferred same day to New Zealand Stationary Hospital; to 8th General Hospital, Rouen, 5 January 1917. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, WALLACE Robert Alfred |