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Jack Wallace

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jack AWMM
  • Surname
    Wallace AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    30720 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 December 1899 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    22 December 1899 Public - Kim Louise - Other relative - 5 December 2015 - NZ Birth Deaths Marriages record BDM1900/3055
  • Place of birth
    Wanganui region - most likely Turakina Public - Kim Louise - Other relative - 5 December 2015 - Parents marriage certificate - Turakina 20 Dec 1898 and NZ Electoral roll 1900 - parents in Turakina
  • Birth notes
    Source - Birth record BDM1900/3055 Public - Kim Louise - Other relative - 5 December 2015 - NZ Births Deaths Marriages
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 155 Glasgow Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Not applicable Public - Kim Louise - Other relative - 5 December 2015 - Died WWII
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Wallace (mother), 155 Glasgow Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Legally Separated AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    30720 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    1928 NZ Electoral Roll - living 331 Anzac Pde, Wanganui and occupation - labourer Public - Kim Louise - Other relative - 5 December 2015 - NZ Electoral roll
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Jack Wallace was the son of John and Martha Wallace. He was the husband of Eileen Wallace, Richmond, Christchurch. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 41 AWMM
    Crete, Greece AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2630120
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.193 AWMM
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
05 December 2015Kim LouiseChristchurch, New ZealandOther relative

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