WALLACE, Thomas Albert
| Service Number: | 1036 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, November 1888 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | William Street Public School & Granville South High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway employee |
| Died: | Wounds, In 6th Field Ambulance, France, 17 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot 30, Row D, Grave 5 |
| Memorials: | Granville St Mark's Anglican Church Memorial Windows, Granville War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1036, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1036, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1036, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company | |
| 16 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Machine Gun Company | |
| 26 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Machine Gun Company | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 5th Machine Gun Company | |
| 2 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company | |
| 17 Aug 1918: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-17 |
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From City of Paramatta, Killed in Action, WWI
2nd Lieut Thomas Albert Wallace was born in 1888 in Pyrmont, New South Wales, the second son William Alex, who worked at Granville Railway Station and Margaret Wallace of John Street, Granville, New South Wales. Like his father, he was a railway employee and had been a former student at William Street Public School and Granville South High School. At the age of 26 years, he enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on the 16 February 1915.
His two brothers, Sapper Robert Moreton Wallace and Private William Alex Wallace also volunteered.
Wallace left Sydney on the 12 May 1915 with the 17 Battalion, C Company on board HMAT Themistocles’. He served in Gallipoli, Turkey before being transferred to the Second Machine Gun Section in October 1915. He rose through the ranks to Corporal, Company Sergeant Major and then Lieutenant. In January 1917, he seized the opportunity and went to a military college at Cambridge, England and obtained his commission. On the 17 August 1918, during the Battle of the Somme in France, he died of wounds aged 29 years. He was buried at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France.
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