SANDERSON, Wallace Proctor
| Service Number: | QX36028 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1938 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 61st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Murgon, Queensland Australia, 13 September 1920 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorne, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Clerk (Assurance) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 26 August 1942, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 2. Row E. Grave 8. Inscription: "W.I.L.Y.". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rocky Creek 61st Infantry Battalion Queensland Cameron Highlanders |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Dec 1938: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX36028, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, QX36028, 61st Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Oct 1940: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 61st Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Feb 1941: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, 61st Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Mar 1941: | Involvement Lieutenant, also Q27633 & QX36028 | |
| 30 Jul 1942: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, 61st Infantry Battalion , Ship Swartenhondt from Townsville, Queensland | |
| 26 Aug 1942: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, 61st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Wallace Proctor SANDERSON was born in Murgon, Queensland on 13th September, 1920
His parents were Hugh Wilson SANDERSON and Margaret Wallace PROCTOR who married at Carbeth Lodge, Killearn, Glasgow, Scotland on 12th September, 1918 - Hugh was given special leave to return to Australia in November, 1918
Wallace enlisted at Galloways Hill, Queensland on 14th December, 1938 with the Citizens Military Forces as a Lance Corporal and was promoted to Sergeant & Lieutenant - he later embarked with the 61st Infantry Battalion (AIF) on the ship Swartenhondt from Townsville, Queensland on 30th July, 1942 - he served with the CMF from 14th December, 1938 to 20th February, 1941 & then transferred to the AIF
Wallace married Beryl RICKARD on 7th April, 1942 in Queensland
He was Killed in Action at Milne Bay on 26th August, 1942 and buried in Milne Bay War Cemetery and later reburied at the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Brisbane, Queensland
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His Father Hugh Wilson SANDERSON was born in Glasgow, Scotland & came to Australia in 1911 and also served in WW1 (SN608) & returned to Australia in 1918 and later enlisted for WW2 (SN Q202602) with the 4th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corp in Queensland - discharge date not known
His Mother Margaret Wallace PROCTOR was born in Stirlingshire in Scotland
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His brother David Proctor SANDERSON (SN QX63716) also served in WW2 in the Australian Army and was discharged in 1946
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