WALL, Albert
| Service Number: | 269 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gowangardie, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Violet Town, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Earlston State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Non Battle Casualty, Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Fallen of Euroa District Honour Roll, Euroa Telegraph Park, Euroa War Memorial, Violet Town Earlston State School No. 2850 Honour Board, Violet Town Honour Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 269, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 269, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 269, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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WALL Bert 269 PTE
22nd Battalion
1892-1916
John Joseph Wall and his wife Martha (Wallace) lived in the Molka district NW of Violet Town. They raised seven children, the three youngest sons served in WW1. Their mother died in 1898 when Bert, the second youngest, was six years old.
On 22 January 1915 the three men went off to Melbourne to enlist. The first in the queue was 22-year-old Bert; he was allotted service number 269 and drafted into the 22nd Battalion.
In May after preliminary training, he and his brothers embarked on HMAT Ulysses bound for Egypt. Four months of training followed until they embarked for Gallipoli, remaining there until the evacuation in December.
In March 1916 the battalion embarked from Alexandria for Marseilles for the battalion’s first major action on the Western Front at Pozieres.
On 5 August 1916 Bert was reported as ‘Missing in Action’ – later changed to – ‘Killed in Action’.
Some records state that Bert’s body was never recovered, others that his final resting place was at Gezaincourt, Department de la Somme, Picardie.
Bert’s father received a Memorial Scroll and Plaque as well as Bert’s service medals which were 1914-16 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Main Honour Board, Memorial Hall, Violet Town.
Earlston State School Honour Board
Copper Plaque affixed to exterior wall, Memorial Hall.
Tree No 77 was planted in Orchid Street in 2013 by Betty Opie and Merle Carmichael, nieces.
© 2016 Sheila Burnell
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