Private Charles Wallace
- Rank
- Private
- Service number
- 6840
- Unit
- 32 Battalion
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action
- Place of death
- Fouilloy, France
- Date of death
- 24 June 1918
- Age
- 36
- Plaque number
- M610B
- Co-located plaques
- M610 - CPL Charles Payne
- M610A - SSGT Richard Kennedy
- Dedicated by
- Family on 18 August 2018
- More information
Biography presented during plaque dedication:
Private Charles Wallace was born in November 1881 at Newtyle, Forfarshire, Scotland. He was one of three sons and a daughter born to Alexander and Margaret Wallace. Little is known of his early life, education or interests.
He married Mary Martin before travelling to Australia to start a new life, where he found work as a farm labourer in York, Western Australia. They had a family of two sons and three daughters.
Charles enlisted in Perth in July 1916 and undertook initial training at Blackboy Hill Military Camp; he was allotted to 32 battalion.
He joined the battalion in France for various operations including Polygon Wood in the Ypres sector in September. 1917.
Early in 1918, the unit, although largely kept in reserve, did participate in some operations.
Private Charles Wallace, service number 6840 of 32 battalion, was killed in action on 24 June 1918 at Fouilloy, France.
He was 36 years of age and is buried in the Villers-Bretonneux military cemetery, Picardie, France.
His plaque is located alongside two of his comrades who died on the same day, Corporal Charles Payne and Staff Sergeant Richard Kennedy.