In Memory Of

WALLACE, DONALD WALLY

Service Details
Age:
 33
Date of Birth:
 1882-10-02
Service No:
 468
Rank:
 Lance Sergeant
Unit:
 20th Bn.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Date of Death:
 1915-11-25
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. C. 1.
Cemetery:
 WALKER'S RIDGE CEMETERY, ANZAC
Country:
 Turkey
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