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WALLACE, Henry Burton
(Service number 88203)

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Birth

Date	29/08/1886	Place of Birth	NZ

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	White Street, Waimataitai
Occupation	Builder
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs Minnie Lees WALLACE (wife), White Street, Waimaraitai, Timaru
Religion	Brethren
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Builder

Death

Date	*July 1965	Age	78 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 139, Plot 30
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Henry Burton Wallace was the second son of Frederick Lawrence and Emma (néé Cooper) Wallace. He was called up in 1917 and enlistedHenry married at Timaru. Their son Henry Lawrence Wallace was born on 23 August 191 at Timaru. His brothers, Douglas Graham, Eric Easton and Fred all served in World War I.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [28 May 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [29 May 2018].

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