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Robert Bruce WALLACE

Regimental number4386
Place of birthAlbury, New South Wales
SchoolAlbury Public School, Grammar School and Wagga State Farm, NSW
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngine driver
AddressHolbrook, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, Robert Wallace, Holbrook, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 3 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHis forebears served under Wellington.
FateDied of wounds 21 June 1918
Place of death or woundingAmiens, France
Age at death33
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave 19), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Elizabeth Patterson WALLACE.
Family/military connectionsSeveral cousins in the war 2 of whom are buried in France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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