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WALLACE, Eric Easton
(Service number 41458)

Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank

Birth

Date 01/12/1892 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment P. and T. Department, Featherston Camp
Occupation Telegraph clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Married
Next of Kin Mrs Janet WALLACE (wife), care of W. Dickson, King Street, Timaru
Religion Presbyterian
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 28th Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Signal Section
Date 26 July 1917
Transport Ulimaroa
Embarked From Destination Plymouth, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards Military Medal

Award Circumstances and Date

1919

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

Post Master

Death

Date 26 October 1970 Age 77 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference Area 55, Plot 183
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Eric Easton Graham Wallace was the fourth son of Frederick Lawrence and Emma (néé Cooper) Wallace. He was educated at Waimaraitai School. Eric married Janet Dickson in 1916. He was awarded the Military Medal in 1919. His brothers, Fred and Douglas both served in World War I, and Henry Burton also enlisted.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 May 2018]; Timaru Herald, 30 April 1919 (Papers Past) [21 May 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [28 May 2018]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [29 May 2018]; Ruru Cemetery headstone transcription [25 May 2018]

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