WALLACE, Charles
| Service Number: | 746 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Kinnoull Scotland , 3 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Wongan Hills, Wongan-Ballidu, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 April 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Listed on Lone Pine Memorial, grave unknown , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geraldton District Great War Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 746, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 746, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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This story concentrates on my grandfather David and his brothers Charles, Andrew and Alexander Wallace and their service during the Great War.
My Grandfather and seven his brothers and sisters were born and raised in Perthshire and Fifeshire Scotland.
The start of 1914 saw;
- Sergeant Andrew Wallace aged 29 a professional soldier in the 7th Battalion of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Regiment, married to Mary with a daughter Nellie.
- Charles Wallace, unmarried aged 23 recently immigrated to Australia and was living at Wongan Hills Western Australia and working as a farm laborer.
- David Wallace, unmarried, aged 21 living in Guardbridge Fifeshire Scotland and working in a paper mill.
- Alexander Wallace, unmarried aged 18 living at Leuchars Fifeshire Scotland and working as a laborer.
When war was declared Charles, David and Alexander heeded the call to serve their King and Country and David and Alexander enlisted in the British Army and Charles enlisted in the Australian Army, thus joining Andrew as the four brothers embarked on a great adventure.
Charles Wallace enlisted at Geraldton in Western Australia and joined 16th Battalion Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
The 16th Battalion formed part of the 4th Division under the command of General John Monash and embarked from Melbourne on the 22nd of December 1914 bound for the Dardanelles.
Charles and the 16th Battalion landed at Gallipoli on the afternoon of the 25th of April 1915 and immediately pushed inland from the beach at ANZAC Cove up through what became known as Monash Gully until they reached a high ridge known as Popes Hill.
At Pope Hill, located between Russell’s Top, Quinn’s Post and the Nek the 16th Battalion encountered fierce opposition from the Turkish defenders and while the 16th were able to consolidate their position for the remainder of the Gallipoli campaign Popes Hill was as far inland as the Australians got.
At the landing on 25 April, the 16th Battalion had been 1,000 strong however when the Battalion was relieved and returned to the beach and mustered for a roll call on 3 May, only nine officers and 290 men answered their names.
Charles Wallace was killed on the 30th of April 1915
Charles does not have a specific grave but is remembered like many of his fellow soldiers who have no known grave on the Lone Pine Memorial at the Lone Pine Cemetery Gallipoli.
My Grandfather David was the only brother to survive the Great War, Charles was killed at Gallipoli while Andrew and Alexander were killed on the Western Front.