Wallace Douglas MONTGOMERY

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MONTGOMERY, Wallace Douglas

Service Number:	1162
Enlisted:	28 October 1914, Ringarooma, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Branxholm, Tasmania, Australia, 2 February 1894
Home Town:	Branxholm, Dorset, Tasmania
Schooling:	Branxholm State School,Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 18 May 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

28 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1162, Ringarooma, Tasmania
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1162, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1162, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
18 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1162, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1162 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-18

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Wallace was the fifth of seven children of Robert Bertram Eglington Montgomery (b1852 in Northumberland, England) and second wife Mary Davis (b1854 in Ross, Tasmania). Robert worked in Northumberland as an Iron Works Labourer before moving to London where he was a Police Constable. He immigrated in 1885, arriving in Sydney NSW on board the Florida, and worked in Sydney as a Carpenter. In 1889 the Police Gazette carried a 'Missing Person' notice on behalf of his wife in London - Emma wanted to remarry. Robert and Mary had three children in Sydney and Melbourne before settling in Ringarooma in Tasmania in 1891. They married in 1918.

Wallace was one of four brothers to enlist in the AIF - Walter and Arthur returned home, and Wallace and Alex were KiA. Wallace was a Miner when he enlisted in 1914 (Private; Service No:1162) and was attached to the 15th Infantry Battalion when he was KiA at Gallipoli in May 1915.

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