WALLACE, Peter
| Service Number: | 4261 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Kellys Plains, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4261, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4261, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Address-Kellys Plains Armidale, New South Wales-Kellys Plains is a small rural locality situated about 8 kilometres west south west of Armidale, New South Wales. The settlement is at an altitude of about 1,044 metres on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.
Next of kin-Brother, J Wallace, Kibrane, [Kilbride Townland ?] Wexford, Ireland.
Enlistment date-26 August 1915
Place of enlistment-Lismore, New South Wales
15th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 January 1916-he was 32 at the time.
Returned to Australia 27 July 1917
War service: Western Front.
Honoured on the Kilkenny, MacDonagh Station Kilkenny World War I Memorial
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