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WALLIS, Robert Jonathan
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 738, V65575 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Surrey Hills, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 8 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Tooboorac, Victoria, 29 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Natural causes, 18 March 1972, aged 80 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 738, Surrey Hills, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 738, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 738, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 738, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (head) | |
| 15 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Jun 1917: | Honoured Military Cross | |
| 22 Oct 1918: | Promoted Major, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 8th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Sep 1940: | Enlisted V65575, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 25 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, V65575 | |
| 23 Jun 1944: | Discharged Lieutenant Colonel, V65575, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Personal Stories
Link to Percy Lay
Note: In the introduction to James L. Turner's (1983), “The war diaries of Captain Percy Lay” (B. & H. Publisher), Turner notes that Bob Wallis was a good mate of Percy Lay. As you will see from Lay's Diaries at the AWM, he was a good mate to have:
1. The original diaries of Captain Lay held: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1357964.
2. A transcribed version of these diaries, made after WWI https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1357965.
Evan Evans
Submitted 7 June 2017 by Evan Evans
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