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WALLACE, James Norman
(Service number 21917)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Rifleman

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Motor mechanic
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin James Wallace (father), Arcade, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 7th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date 21 August 1916
Transport Mokoia
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Plymouth, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, G Company

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Actions Prior to Capture
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Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 6 December 1917 Age 22
Place of Death Ypres, Belgium
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference III. I. 24
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

James Wallace was the son of Mary Elizabeth Wallace, of 16 Chalmers St., Timaru, New Zealand, and the late James Wallace.

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