Wallace Leo YEATS

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YEATS, Wallace Leo

Service Number:	549
Enlisted:	27 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Richmond Plains, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

27 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 549, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 549, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 549, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
7 Dec 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 549, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to defective eye sight

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Name: Wallace Leo Yeats
Birth Date:Abt 1896
Birth Place:Traralgon, Victoria
Registration Year:1896
Registration Place:Victoria, Australia
Father:Hy Yeats
Mother:Bridt Ryan
Registration Number:31548

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Birth surname registered Yeats

Son of Henry Yeats and Bridget Yeats of Brighton Street Richmond, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 21 May 1916 aboard HT Armadale

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1928c Wallace married Mary Marjorie Pearl Morey in Victoria

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