Wallace Arthur TWEEDIE

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TWEEDIE, Wallace Arthur

Service Number:	451
Enlisted:	13 October 1914, E Company Helena Vale, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, 1892
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Malaria, Adelaide, South Australia, 24 August 1918
Cemetery:	AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Plot 163, Row D, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board

World War 1 Service

13 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 451, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), E Company Helena Vale, Western Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 451, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 451, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
15 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
31 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
25 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant
27 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant
10 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 451, 12th Infantry Brigade Headquarters , Discharged as medically unfit
24 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 451, 12th Infantry Brigade Headquarters , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 451 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Brigade awm_rank: S/Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-08-24

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Wallace Arthur TWEEDIE was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1892

His parents were George Bertram TWEEDIE and Margaret HARRINGTON

He enlisted in Helena Vale, Western Australia on 13th October, 1914 and embarked with the 16th Infantry Battalion, E Company on the HMAT Ceramic from Melbourne on 22nd December, 1914

On 1st February 1918 he embarked per HT Balmoral Castle for return to Australia after developing malaria and disembarked on 23rd March, 1918

He was discharged on 10th May, 1918 as medically unfit

Wallace died from Illness on 24th August 1918 in Adelaide and is buried in the AIF Cemetery in West Terrace Adelaide

His funeral took place fomr his late residence, the Duke of York Hotel & he had a military bodyguard from Keswick Barracks which met the cortege - his coffin was draped with the Union Jack flag

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal

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His brother Lieutenant Leslie TWEEDIE (SN452) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1918 - he was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal and the Military Cross

Leslie also served in WW2 (SN SX22487) with the Garrison Battalion and was discharged in 1945

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