Thomas James Oakley WALLIS

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WALLIS, Thomas James Oakley

Service Number:	933
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, An original of G Company 14th Bn.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St James, Victoria, Australia, December 1890
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Leather dresser
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1916
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery Plot III, Row P, Grave 5.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 933, 14th Infantry Battalion, An original of G Company 14th Bn.
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 933, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 933, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Thomas was the son of George and Annie Isobel Wallis, husband of Edith E. Maggs (formerly Wallis), of Ringwood, Victoria, Australia, and father to Vivian James, born in 1912.

Thomas was one of the original members of the 14th Battalion and he served on Gallipoli from mid-May 1915 until the evacuation. He transferred to the 46th Battalion during the reorganisation of the AIF during early 1916. He was killed in action during the heavy fighting at Pozieres and was given a battlefield burial. His remains were shifted to the Pozieres British Cemetery after the war. His wife and son both received pensions and she remarried in 1918, bearing another six children.

Thomas’s younger brother 2029 Private LGA Wallis who also served with the 14th Battalion was killed in action at Gallipoli on 29 August 1915, age 21.

An older brother, 1607 Private GB Wallis 6th Battalion also enlisted in 1914 and was badly wounded at Gallipoli in May 1915. He was evacuated to England and sent home to Australia medically unfit later in 1915.

Another younger brother 539 Private AJ Wallis was an original of the 21st Battalion. He was the fourth son in the family to fight at Gallipoli. By late 1916 he too was severely wounded and upon representations from his mother, based on the fact that he had two brothers killed and one returned to Australia wounded, he was sent home by the AIF and discharged for ‘family reasons’ during 1917.

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