WALLACE, Alexander
Service Number: | 4932 |
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Enlisted: | 8 December 1915, Enlisted at Perth WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Dundee, Angus, Scotland, 6 May 1891 |
Home Town: | Osborne Park, Stirling, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Public Schools, Scotland |
Occupation: | Dairyman |
Died: | Died whilst a Prisoner of War, Munsterlager, Germany, 28 June 1917, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Hamburg Cemetery, Germany Plot 1V, Row H, Grave 12, Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
8 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4932, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth WA | |
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1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4932, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4932, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4932, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wounds to the thigh | |
11 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Taken as Prisoner of War while wounded at Reincourt |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Annie Gold Wallace remarried to become Mrs Harris of 13 Lloyd Ave, Tollcross, Glasgow.
His sister, Nellie Wallace lived at Station Rd, St. Monans, Fife.
Date of enlistment: 08.12.1915
Place of enlistment: Perth, Australia.
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Annie Gold Wallace of 12 Newrow Quarter, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland; brother of Nellie Wallace of Scotland
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal