WALLACE, Robert
| Service Numbers: | 544602, SX8596 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) |
| Born: | Glenelg, South Australia, 24 June 1914 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Welder |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 27 January 1978, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Road1 South. Path 16 Site number 27 |
| Memorials: | Brighton Glenelg District WW2 Honour Roll |
Non Warlike Service
| 8 Jan 1931: | Involvement 544602, 3rd Field Ambulance | |
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| 3 Mar 1939: | Enlisted 544602, 48 Field Battery |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Jul 1940: | Involvement Corporal, SX8596 | |
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| 12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX8596 | |
| 12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 5 Feb 1941: | Embarked SX8596, Embarked for Middle east on HMT MX3 27/1735 | |
| 30 May 1941: | Involvement SX8596, Gunner with the 2/7th Field Regiment in Palestine and Egypt. | |
| 13 Jan 1942: | Transferred Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) | |
| 15 Jul 1943: | Involvement After being evacuated from the Middle East in December 1942 with hepatitis Robert joined no 2 Pro Coy again left Australia for New Guinea. | |
| 18 Sep 1945: | Discharged | |
| 18 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX8596 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Sinclair
Robert Wallace served for a long time. Prior to the 2nd WW. he spent five years in the 3rd Field Ambulance and then the 49th battery.
He moved to the AIF where he was a gunner with the 2/7th in Palestine and Egypt. He then became ill with hepatitis and was evacuated back to Australia, yet still returned to do another years service in New Guinea.
Robert was the half brother of the Reverend Don Wallace of St. Johns Anglican church in Adelaide. It was in the rectory of this church that a young aboriginal boy, Harold Thomas, whom Rev. Wallace had invited to join their family was said to have designed the current aboriginal flag.
Don was a welder who lived with his mother on Anzac Highway where the Highway Inn now stands. Sadly his mother had died within a year of him returning from the war yet he is buried with her in the West Terrace cemetery. He is remembered by his niece as being a large quiet man who spoke with a stutter.
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