Jack Vincent WALLACE MID

WALLACE, Jack Vincent

Service Number: 8486
Enlisted: 30 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Peterborough, South Australia, 15 August 1896
Home Town: Tanunda, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling: Yatina Public School & Christian Brothers College, South Australia
Occupation: Watchmaker
Died: Died of wounds, Belgium, 3 August 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Adinkerke Military Cemetery
(A. 4.),
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jamestown Yatina Public School Roll of Honour, Jamestown Yatina Public School Roll of Honour, Tanunda Roll of Honor, Tanunda War Memorial, Yatina Memorial Hall Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

30 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8486, Keswick, South Australia
22 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 8486, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

embarkation_roll: roll_number: 4 embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note:

22 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 8486, 6th Field Artillery Brigade
3 Aug 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 8486, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres
3 Aug 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 8486, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, GSW (shoulder)

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Biography

"THE LATE CPL. J. V. WALLACE

Mr. and Mrs. T. Wallace, of Tanunda, have been notified that their youngest Son, Cpl. Jack V. Wallace, died of wounds on August 3. He enlisted on Australia Day, 1915, and had spent 10 months in the trenches. Cpl. Wallace, who was within 12 days of his twenty first birthday, was a general favourite. He spent his earlier life at Petersburg, but finished his education at the the Christian Brothers' College, and took a leading part in athletics. He was awarded a medal for gymnastics, was a prominent footballer, and rowed in the college crew when they won the Schools' Championship in 1912. There are two brothers at the front, Dvr. F. C. and Sgt. G. G. Wallace (wounded)." - from the Adelaide Register 24 Aug 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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