Arnold Henry WALLACE

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WALLACE, Arnold Henry

Service Number:	1478
Enlisted:	12 December 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kensington, Victoria, Australia, December 1888
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1922, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) E SW. 51.
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World War 1 Service

12 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1478, 10th Infantry Battalion
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1478, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1478, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
6 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1478, 10th Infantry Battalion, MD, thrice wounded: 7/7/1915: SW buttocks, forearm, back 22/7/1916: GSW left foot 21/9/1917: GSW left hand and arm, right leg and foot, severe
Date unknown:	Wounded 1478, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell

Resting at Sandgate Cemetery.

97 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 25th December 1922, Lance Corporal Arnold Henry Wallace, 10th Battalion, miner from Loch Street, Coburg, Victoria, father of one, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 36. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) E SW. 51.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140007300
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139358478

Arnold was born at Kensington, Victoria about 1887 to William and Amy Wallace nee Statham of 15 Ford Street, Brunswick, Victoria; husband of Edna M Wallace nee Waters (married 1919, died?), and he enlisted December 1914 at Oaklands Park, South Australia.

Wounded in action - 17.7.1915 (SW buttocks, forearm and back), 22.7.1916 (GSW left foot), 21.9.1917 (GSW left hand and arm, right leg and foot, severe), Arnold was granted Special Leave and returned home January 1919.

Mr Wallace had died in the Newcastle Hospital the previous day, and according to his wife Edna, Arnold had suffered a long and painful illness, and it appears he was not granted a Military Funeral. Why they were living in Newcastle is unknown, so it is possible the relevant authorities were unaware that an ex-digger had passed.

The Australian Commonwealth Force insignia has been placed above the headstone, a clear indication of a proud digger letting us know of his service for God, King and Country.

Mr Wallace is reminding us Never to Forget.

The dead are only ever truly forgotten when they are spoken of no more.
Lest We Forget.

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