WALLACK, Ernest Townshend
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | Special Service Officers |
| Born: | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, 9 August 1857 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Nelson, New Zealand, 13 February 1932, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, Special Service Officers | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
ERNEST TOWNSHEND WALLACK
Lieutenant Colonel Wallack was born in England and while attached to the military there was sent on special service with the Rhodesian field force and first division in the South African War. A short time later he was appointed by the Federal Government to command the third battalion of the Australian contingent, comprising three companies from New South Wales, one company from Queensland and one company from Tasmania. He had previously commanded the Tasmanian Bushmen.
After the Anglo Boer War, Wallack became Commandant in Tasmania from 1903 to 1904. In 1905 he became Commandant of South Australia, then he became successively Adjutant-General and member of the Military Board and Commandant of the Third Military District. During the FIrst World War, he was connected with the AIF transport service and was on Special Service in Egypt.
In 1918 Wallack retired to Tasmania and then moved to Nelson in New Zealand in 1923. He died there in 1932.
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