Frank Dockery WALLIS

Regimental number12/3858
Date of birth9 August 1887
Place of birthMasterton
ReligionBrethren
OccupationShop assistant
Addressc/o Ponsonby Post Office, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 9"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinBrother, H D Wallis, c/o WFCA, Carterton
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 October 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 23 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 1), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Philip and Minnie Wallis, Short Street, Masterton, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Enlisted with rank of private and posted to A Company, 9th Reinforcements, Trentham Camp, Upper Hutt, 19 October 1915. Proceeded overseas from Wellington on board HMNZT 'Maunganui', 8 January 1916.

Disembarked Suez, Egypt, 12 February 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 17
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22015413