HEARD, Wallace
| Service Number: | 1525 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 March 1915, Enlisted at Bendigo |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Spring Gully, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Woodcutter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 22 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Berks Cemetery Extension Plot 11, Row B, Grave 15 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Myrtle Mary Heard of Spring Gully via Bendigo, Victoria. Brother of Elsie Heard of Northcote, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal,, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Brother Robert Thomas Heard 5105, 57th Btn, killed in action 21 March 1918.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr. R. and the late M.A. Heard of 34 Carpenter Street, Bendigo, formerly of Maudurang.
KILLED IN ACTION.
PRIVATE WALLACE HEARD.
News has been received by Mrs. Wallace Heard, of Spring Gully road, that her husband, Private Wallace Heard, 23rd Battalion, was killed in action on 22nd March. He was 26 years and 10 months of age, and was last employed by his brother, Mr. William Heard, of Spring Gully. He enlisted on 29th March, 1915, and had served over three years. He was wounded on 13th October, 1915, by a bomb explosion, which caused an injury to the left eye. He was a native of Mandurang, and was a brother of the late Private R. T. Heard, who was killed in action on the 21st March last, and had served over two years. He leaves a young widow and two little children.
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