| Regimental number | 15315 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Auckland |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Railway cleaner |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 20.4 |
| Height | 5' 8" |
| Weight | 154 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, J J Wallace, Paiaka, Whangarei |
| Previous military service | Served in NZ Senior Cadets; discharged on being overage; serving in Railway Engineers, Territorial Force, at time of NZEF enlistment. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Trentham |
| Rank on embarkation | Corporal |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 9th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on |
| Final rank | Rifleman |
| Final unit | 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), nr Ieper, Belgium |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mary Anne Wallace, Pukeroro, Hamilton, and the late James Joiner Wallace |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Wellington, 29 July 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 28 September 1916, and marched into Sling Camp. Proceeded overseas to France, 10 October 1916; joined 2nd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 28 November 1916, and posted to D Company, and reverted to Rifleman. Detached to Railway Construction Party, 7 January 1917; rejoined unit, 15 March 1917. Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 22 July 1917 (scabies), and transferred to 50th Casualty Clearing Station; rejoined unit, 2 August 1917. Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 9 August 1917, 9 August 1917 (enteritis); transferred to 50th Field Ambulance, 11 August 1917 (suspected dysentery); to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 20 August 1917; to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 22 August 1917 (diarrhoea); to No 2 Convalescent Camp, 1 September 1917; to Base Depot, Etaples, 8 September 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 16 September 1917. Killed in action, 12 October 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 31 Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22015311 |