Wallace Martin TODD

TODD, Wallace Martin

Service Number: SX354
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
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World War 2 Service

20 Oct 1939: Involvement Private, SX354, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
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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Biography 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.

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