WALLACE, William Nicholls
| Service Number: | 3496 |
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| 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: | Pneumonia, Egypt, 26 October 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, 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 |
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: '' | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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