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WALLACE, Fred
(Service number 25/1031)

Aliases
First Rank Corporal Last Rank

Birth

Date 22/09/1887 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 26 Maori Hill, Timaru
Occupation Carpenter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin F. L. WALLACE (father) Maori Hill, Timaru
Religion Presbyterian
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 3rd Bttalion, C Company
Date 5 February 1916
Transport Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua
Embarked From Wellington Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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

Builder

Death

Date 13 July 1928 Age 40 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 45, Plot 208
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Fred Wallace was the second son of Frederick Lawrence and Emma (néé Cooper) Wallace. He was educated at Waimaraitai School. His brothers, Douglas Graham and Eric Easton both served in World War I, and Henry Burton also enlisted. I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 May 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [28 May 2018]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [29 May 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [29 May 2018]

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