WALLACE, Norman
| Service Number: | 699 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dundee, Scotland, April 1887 |
| Home Town: | Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newport Public School, Fifeshire, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Ship rigger |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Lone Pine Cemetery (Special Memorial C. 143), Gallipoli, Turkey. Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT , Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 699, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 699, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 699, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 699, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 699 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06 |
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Picture of Cpl Norman Wallace apparently published:
NOVEMBER 11 2015, Newcastle Herald
Remembrance Day 2015: 100 faces WWI
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 2nd Bn.
Died Between 06 August 1915 and 09 August 1915
He was 28 years old and the son of Peter Ure Wallace and Jane Wallace.
Siblings:
Montague Massey Wallace, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and Muriel Wallace, “Sea Craig” Newport, Fife.
He left a widow Daisy May Grigg (formally Wallace) 5 Gray St, Wickham, Australia and a son Douglas Harold Wallace.
Date of enlistment: 27.08.1914
Place of enlistment: Randwick NSW.
Australian Infantry-2nd Battalion
Date of Death: Between 06.08.1915 & 09.08.1915.
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.
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