WALLIS, Ivan Royce
| Service Number: | NX17798 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 27 May 1940, Paddington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, 8 February 1917 |
| Home Town: | Birchgrove, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 18 May 1996, aged 79 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT Garden of Remembrance - Area: Garden, Wall: 10, Row A |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX17798, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX17798 | |
| 22 Feb 1942: | Transferred Private, 2nd/11th Field Ambulance | |
| 17 Aug 1945: | Discharged Private, NX17798 | |
| 17 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX17798 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kellie Ann Spicer
Uncle Ivan was a stretcher bearer in the 9th Division 2/11th Australian Field Ambulance and served in served in the Middle East at both Tobruk and El Alamein, Egypt. He also served in Papua New Guinea. He was in a field hospital in New Guinea at the wars end suffering from malaria.
A German soldier who was dying gave uncle Ivan a letter, in the hope that he would be able to give it to his family. That letter is still within Uncle Ivan's family. It is written in old German. If anyone knows how to speak and translate old German, please contact me.
Uncle Ivan was born in Rockhampton, Qld. His records within NAA, in which he put down he was born in Rockhampton, Qld. However his Army records have him born in Sydney, NSW which is very much incorrect.
He lived for a time in both Qld and NSW, before settling down in Griffith, ACT. Uncle Ivan worked for the Senate at Parliament House.
NOTES: Uncle Ivan has 6 medals. These medals are:
The "Africa Star"
The "Pacific Star"
"1939-1945 Star"
The "North Africa Medal"
The "Pacific Medal"
"1939-1945 Medal
He is commemorated as an Australian Veteran in the Australian Capital Territory Garden of Remembrance in the Woden Public Cemetery, Justinian Street, PHILLIP ACT 2606
Australia. His Plaque in the Garden of Remembrance is situated in Area: Garden, Wall: 010, Row: A.
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