TODD, Wallace Martin
Service Number: | SX354 |
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Enlisted: | 20 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 113 Australian General Hospital |
Born: | Adelaide, SA, 17 May 1918 |
Home Town: | Kangarilla, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
Schooling: | Sturt Street Public School, Prospect Public School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Memorials: | Kangarilla War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
20 Oct 1939: | Involvement Private, SX354, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX354 | |
13 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX354, 113 Australian General Hospital |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr and Mrs R.W. Todd of Kangarilla. Educated at Sturt Street (Adelaide) Public School and Prospect Public School he was interested in all sports and played soccer. In civilian life he was a labourer at Shiek Brush Company and then transferred to Holdens for three years. He enlisted in October 1939 and left Australia in May 1940 for England. From here he went to the Middle East and fought through the desert campaign being wouned in action at Tobruk. Wallace returned to Australia in March 1942.