WALLACE, Donald Wally
| Service Number: | 468 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leeston, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanical Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Walkers Ridge Cemetery Plot 11, Row C, Grave 1, Walker's Ridge Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 468, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 468, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 468, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 30 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Nov 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 468, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 468 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-11-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Father of John J. Wallace, Daphne E Wallace and Minnie N Wallace where their address was c/- D. Versfeld, Union Buildings, Riversdale, South Africa. All children were infants at the time of Donald's death
Next of kin was given as Norah Wallace of Riversdale, Cape Colony, South Africa
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Prior to enlisting in WW1 he had previously served in the Zulu War and the Boer War
He had previously been apprenticed to the Cape Government Railways of Salt River for 2 years
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