Regimental number | 8486 |
Place of birth | Peterborough, South Australia |
Other Names | Jack Vincent |
School | Peterborough Public School and Christian Brothers College, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Watchmaker |
Address | Tanunda, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, Thomas Wallace, Tanunda, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadets and Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 6, Battery 18 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/34/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918). |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death | 20.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Adinkerke Military Cemetery (Row A, Grave No 4), Furnes, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 15 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Louisa WALLACE |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 2728 Corporal George Galvin WALLACE, 1st Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 17 March 1919; 31602 Driver Frank Curzon WALLACE, 1st Division Artillery Headquarters, returned to Australia, 6 September 1919. |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |