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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

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Builder

Death

Date	13 July 1928	Age	40 years
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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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