Alan Wallace

Forenames

Alan AWMM

Surname

Wallace AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/72A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Protestant, Christian AWMM

Birth

1891 AWMM
Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Wallace, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/72A AWMM

Medals and Awards

Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
London Gazette 5 August 1915, p7668 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Engineers AWMM

Death

10 May 1915 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Obituary

NZ Herald , April or May 1915

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1915. AWMM

Memorial name

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Holy Trinity (Anglican) Church, 20 Church Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22015224
  Further Reference
• Parish of Devonport, Auckland, (Anglican), Holy Trinity and St Augustine's Churches
  http://www.holytrinity.gen.nz/index.html
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=1395
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/720554/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/720554
  Further Reference
• Ball, J (25 April 2025). Gallipoli soldier added to Devonport war memorial 110 years later. 1news.
  https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/25/gallipoli-soldier-added-to-devonport-war-memorial-110-years-later/
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. Obituary: 1915, Second term. pp.12 & 33-34.
• The New Zealand Herald
  NZ Herald , April or May 1915
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.