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Mrs. Sydney Wallace, formerly Sister Rose Stanmore, daughter of the late Mr. M. Stanmore and Mrs. M. Stanmore, of Holbrook, who was married in  Tidworth, England, on September 14 last year to Gunner Sydney Wallace, son of the late Mr. Sydney Wallace and Mrs. Wallace, of Moss Vale.

FAIR-HAIRED little Sister Rose Stanmore, of the 1st Australian General Hospital, met Gunner Wallace at Ingleburn camp. They sailed in different  ships, but in the same convoy to England. They were married at the little parish church In Tidworth, Wiltshire, on September 14, and kept their  marriage a secret from everyone except a few friends who attended the ceremony. After a brief leave, Mrs. Wallace went back on duty at the  A.G.H. in Surrey, and her husband went back to camp. They left England in the same convoy, but again in different ships. Gunner Wallace went to  Greece and Crete, and his wife did not see him for six months, during which she was on the staff of the A.G.H. in Palestine.
"After that long separation, my husband persuaded me to come home because he was worried about my working in the war zone," said Mrs.  Wallace. "I had two long letters from him last week for our first wedding anniversary, and I sent him a special anniversary cable."
She trained at Young district hospital, and was on the staff of Queen Alexandra Hospital in Hobart, Tasmania, when she enlisted.