William Nicholls WALLACE

WALLACE, William Nicholls

Service Number: 3496
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Not yet discovered
Home Town: Walkerville, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness (Pneumonia), Egypt, 26 October 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilberton Soldiers Memorial Swimming Reserve, SA Caledonian Society Soldiers Memorial WW1 Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

2 Nov 1917: Involvement Private, 3496, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1917: Embarked Private, 3496, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
26 Oct 1918: Involvement Trooper, 3496, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3496 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-10-26

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Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge

Trooper William N Wallace of the 30th Reinforcements, 9th Light Horse Regiment, died in the 21st General Hospital. Alexandria on October 26 1918. Trooper Wallace enlisted with his brother, the late GB Wallace (who died in Egypt in January 1918) in September 1916, and sailed for active service on November 2.  In a letter dated October 4, 1918 from the deceased soldier, who was in great glee at the time of writing over the captures they had made from the Turks,he said up to that date he was the only one of 30/9 who had gone right through without hospital treatment.  These two brave lads were the sons of mrs and Mr Wallace of the Post Office Walkerville.

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