Samuel William WALLACE

Regimental number10/1081
Date of birth10 May 1891
Place of birthParihaka
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address678 Aberdeen Road, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 6.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M J Dunstone, Lytton Road, Gisborne
Previous military serviceTerritorials
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentGisborne
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit9th Hawkes Bay Company, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1915
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 18), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs M.J. Dunstone (formerly Wallace), Lytton Road, Gisborne
Family/military connectionsBrother: 24/1512 Sergeant Robert Douglas WALLACE, Otago Regiment, killed in action, 15 September 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Found guilty, 9 January 1915, of breaking ranks: award, reduced to the ranks.

Admitted to No.25 Casualty Clearing Station, Imbros, 24 June 1915 (pleurisy); discharged to duty, 24 July 1915; rejoined unit, Anzac, 25 July 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915 (gunshot wound, right arm); admitted to No.16 Casualty Clearing Station, 10 August 1915.

Died of wounds, No.16 Casualty Clearing Station, Anzac, 10 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death24
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 122015341

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