WARK, Wallace John
| Service Number: | 21275 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1942, Duntroon, ACT |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Supply Depot Companies / Platoons |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 19 February 1922 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 13 April 2011, aged 89 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bungendore Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian Capital Territory Garden of Remembrance, Bungendore War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, 21275, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons, Duntroon, ACT | |
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| 14 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, 21275, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Wally Wark was born in Sydney and joined the AIF in April of 1940. His first posting was to the Royal Military College Duntroon transport establishment where he was also the commandant’s driver. Two years later he was posted to Papua New Guinea as a reinforcement where he was directed to Owers Corner at the beginning of the Kokoda Track. After this he moved to 2/141 Aust GT Coy, then detachment Aust Army Air Maint Coy, 2/9 AGH Fd Amb and finally HQ.
He returned to Australia in 1944 with HQ 2/40 Sup Dep Coy, which thereafter controlled all supply units in Far North Queensland and provided transport support to the army hospitals. The unit was finally disbanded in Sydney in 1946.
From there Wally was invited to return to RMC and join the ARA, retaining his AIF rank, and was posted as transport sergeant: he participated in the visit of FM Lord Montgomery as a car driver. He was transfered to Q stream and undertook a number of roles and postings from here. In 1961 he was promoted WO1 and posted as chief clerk at HQ N Comd Tps RAASC He was promoted to lieutenant in 1966.
The following year he became QM RAASC Centre Puckapunyal on promotion. In 1969 he moved to QM Army Headquarters Canberra as a Major. He finally retired from the army in 1977 after 37 years service, including a remarkable 24 years at RMC. Wally Wark passed way 13 April 2011.
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