HEARD, Wallace
| Service Number: | 1525 |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1525, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo | |
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| 8 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1525, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 8 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1525, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1525, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1525, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1525, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1525, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1525, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bomb wound to the eye | |
| 31 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, France | |
| 27 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1525, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Menin Road | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1525, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Poelcapelle | |
| 22 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1525, 23rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918 |
Wallace Heard
Private Wallace Heard was age 23 when he enlisted. Wallace stood at 5 feet 8 inches and weighed 10 stone (63.5kg), he had dark hair, dark complexion and blue eyes. Wallace lived at Spring Gully Bendigo, Victoria with his wife and 2 children. Wallace was already a young father before enlisting, he was a father to Robert and Wallace (was a common family name) Heard and husband to Myrtle Heard. Before he went to war he was employed by one of his family members to be a woodcutter, and due to being a woodcutter he is thought to have a fit build and reasonably strong. He was thought to be the first of his siblings to enlist in the war, his older brother Robert enlisted not long after. He enlisted in the army on the 29th of March 1915. Wallace embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 8 May 1915.
Submitted 13 October 2015 by Bailee Sutcliffe
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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