WALLACE, David Henry
| Service Number: | 431 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 April 1915, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beaudesert, Qld., 22 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Brisbane, Qld., 17 June 1971, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD |
| Memorials: | Woody Point Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 431, 26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 431, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 24 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 431, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane |
The War never left him
I am one of David Henry Wallace’s grandsons.
David returned from WW1 with one leg missing . I remember the amount of time he dedicated to looking after the stump of his missing leg, chafing or redness would cause get difficulty in using his artificial leg . Most of the time he just used crutches to get around because the artificial legs of the day weren’t that good .
I remember that he still had lots of shrapnel in his forehead that was never removed.
After returning from WW1 we went with his wife Mary Elisa Wallace to Atherton in North Queensland to take up a farming allotment which must have been difficult to do with only one leg.
My Dad , Roy Henry Wallace was born in Atherton.
David and Mary returned to Woody Point in Hardiman Steet where we would visit them most Sundays.
Grandfather never talked about the war but refused to get in my father’s Mercedes in later years .
Grandfather was a great shot with his slipper if we got up to mischief.
I think of Sargent David Henry Wallace often .
Submitted 15 June 2026 by Scott Wallace
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
David's parents were David Wallace and Susan Kirkpatrick who lived at Campsie Margate Beach. David was working as a carpenter when he enlisted in April 1915. When he returned to Redcliffe after the war he married Mary Eliza Burton in 1920 and they lived in Redcliffe for some years before moving to Brisbane.
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