Robert Douglas WALLACE

Regimental number24/1512
Date of birth21 March 1887
Place of birthParihaka
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressC/- Post Office, Taihape
Age at embarkation28.3
Height5' 7"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs C W Dunstone, Gisborne
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 3rd Reinforcements of 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 8 January 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memoiral (Panel 4), Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Mrs. C. W. Dunstone (formerly Wallace) of 402, Aberdeen Rd., Gisborne.
Family/military connectionsBrother: Samuel William WALLACE, Wellington Infantry Battalion. Killed in action, 8 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 8 January 1916; disembarked, Suez, Egypt, 8 February 1916.

Transferred to Otago Regiment, 10 March 1916, and marched into 4th (South Otago) Company, 2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment, the same day; reverted to the rank of Private, 10 March 1916.

Appointed Sergeant, 1 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 9 April 1916.

Admitted to hospital, Houplines, 29 May 1915; rejoined unit, 12 June 1916.

Posted as 'missing in action, 15 September 1916'.

Now, 14 October 1916, reported as 'killed in action, 15 September 1916.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Age at death29
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 15, p. 6
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 122015332

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