Service Details
Name:
 WALLACE
Given Name:
 DONALD WALLY
Initials:
 D W
Service No:
 468
Rank:
 Lance Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Unit:
 20th Bn.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1915-11-25
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Date of Birth:
 1882-10-02
Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the "Silent Ruse", a complete cessation of firing and mining to trick Ottoman forces into thinking trenches were being evacuated.
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas and Hellen (nee Swanson) Wallace, of Lothmore, Loth, Sutherland, Scotland. Husband of Wilhelmina Johanna Wallace. Father of John Wallace, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Leeston, Canterbury, New Zealand. A mechanical engineer. A clerk and railway hand for the Cape Government Railways and stationed in the Riversdale region of the Southern Cape. Served in Boer War and 1906 Zulu Rebellion. His brother Marcus Wallace 23 June 1916 also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Turkey
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Cemetery:
 WALKER'S RIDGE CEMETERY, ANZAC
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Grave Reference:
 II. C. 1.

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