Arthur Albert WALLIS

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WALLIS, Arthur Albert

Service Numbers:	4619, 1913
Enlisted:	15 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, 1 January 1891
Home Town:	Prospect, Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 21 March 1918, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension INSCRIPTION -GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN. Plot II, Row B, Grave 38
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

15 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4619, 12th Infantry Battalion, Oaklands, South Australia
1 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1913, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
1 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1913, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 4619, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 4619, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
21 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 1913, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1913 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-21
Date unknown:	Involvement 1913, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Sep 1891 Wallis Arthur Albert Tunbridge 2a 671.

He was 26 and the son of James George Wallis of 114A Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, South London, England and husband of J. Wallis of 52 Charles St., Unley, Adelaide, South Australia.

Address-c/o Mrs Dowsett, Dowsetts Corner, Hanson Street, Adelaide, South Australia

Enlistment date 19 January 1915

Age at embarkation 23.

12th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement.

AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/29/2

Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 20 April 1915.

Regimental number from Nominal Roll R1913

Unit from Nominal Roll 32nd Battalion

Arthur is remembered on the TUNBRIDGE WELLS WAR MEMORIAL.

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