Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Town of Brocks Creek,
Place of enlistment
Darwin,
Date of enlistment
1918-01-03,
Age
21,
Occupation
Dairyman,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
2nd Light Horse Regiment,
Rank
Private,
Service number
4448 / 50258,
Next of kin
E. M. Carruth - Sister ; Pine Creek.,
Date of death
1919-04-19,
Biographical notes
His father J. A. Wallace took up a Mineral Lease near Wandi and was mining copper from 1901. Daniel and his sister Ella attended Brock's Creek School around 1906.,
History
Embarked Sydney on board SS 'Port Darwin' on 30 April 1918. When he disembarked in Suez he had influenza which developed into pleurisy and bronchitis by August. He joined his unit in September, but was struck down with malaria in October 1918. Returned to Australia 13 March 1919 on HT 'Wimaroa'.,
Subject
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=4375407,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067002/RCDIG1067002--245-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1553201/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/10/7/,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15781185,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/10/7/ [Unit War Diary],
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=4375407 [Service Record],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067002/RCDIG1067002--245-.JPG [Embarkation Roll],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15781185 [The History of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force, August 1914-April 1919 by G.H. Bourne. Tamworth : Northern Daily Leader, 1926.],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1553201/ [Nominal Roll],