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WALLACE, Harold John
(Service number 36375)

Taiko War Memorial — The Memorial reads "In Honoured Memory of the men of Tycno District who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918. Sergt R F Piper, Lc Cpl F Annand, Pte J J O'Boyle, Pte H J Wallace Pte W Watson, Pte J Barbour". (South Canterbury Museum 1161)

Taiko Hall (interior) — Showing the First and Second World War memorial plaques over the fireplace. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Taiko Hall World War One plaque — Mounted inside the Taiko Hall, alongside a Second World War plaque. Photographed October 2014. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Taiko War Memorial, photographed in 2007 — South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.21 #01 (South Canterbury Museum )

Taiko War Memorial, World War One plaque, photographed in 2007 — South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.21 #02 (South Canterbury Museum )

Timaru South School Memorial plaque, 2010 — Mounted on a brick pillar at the School's front gate (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	George John Wallace (father), Latter Street, 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 Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	21st Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	5 October 1917	Age
Place of Death	Ypres, Belgium
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Taiko War Memorial; Timaru South School WW1 Memorial plaque

Biographical Notes

Sources

Taiko (Tycho) World War I Memorial, near Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand

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