24/05/1916- To 70 Depot Company as Private
21/06/1916- To 28th Battalion 17th Reinforcements
14/09/1916- To 44th Battalion 6th Reinforcements as Corporal
26/10/1916- Promoted SERGEANT
16/11/1916- To 94 Depot Company
1/12/1916- To 22 Depot Company
16/12/1916- To 96 Depot Company
30/12/1916- To 28th Battalion 19th Reinforcements
9/01/1917- To Railway Corps as SERGEANT Station Master
19/01/1917- Appointed COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR Blackboy Hill WA
27/03/1917- To St Lucia Barracks Borden England with 3rd Section Australian Railways Operating Division ex Australia
11/05/1917-Proceeded Overseas France O.C.R.O.D. ex Southampton ex Borden England
22/12/1917- Admitted 91st Field Ambulance ( Myalgia ) then to 2nd Central Midland Dressing Station
27/12/1917- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Sickness
11/01/1918- Awarded MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
NEW DESIGNATION- 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railways Operating Division
17/04/1918- Detached to R.O.D.R.C. in the field France
29/05/1918- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Detachment
19/07/1918- Granted Leave England
4/08/1918- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Leave
14/01/1919- Granted Leave England
12/02/1919- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Leave
2/05/1919- To No. 3 Group Codford England ex Australian Division Base Depot Havre France
27/05/1919- Granted Leave England with Pay & Subs for Non Military Employment- Attending General Manager North Eastern Railway York England
23/06/1919- Admitted Miltary Hospital Newcastle on Tyne ( Scabies ) – Discharged 27/06/1919
25/09/1919- Embarked England for Australia per ” Mahana ”
3/11/1919- Disembarked Australia
11/12/1919- Discharged from Service
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
Date of Recommendation : 11 January 1918
” At 11.15 P.M. on January 9th, 1918 a bomb was dropped from a hostile aeroplane on a salvage ammunition dump at ZUAVE siding near YPRES immediately causing a big explosion which resulted in about 100 casualties, of which between 40 & 50 were fatal. C.S.M. WALLACE together with Sgt. SPENCE & Spr. JACKSON ran immediately to the scene with all available dressings . They removed and dressed all the casualties then proceeded to help to extinguish the fire , risking the recurrence of explosions of the cordite. Their action throughout the whole time being a fine example of courage and devotion to duty “.
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette : 7 August 1918
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette : Page 1657, Position 35
Date of London Gazette : 19 March 1918
Location in London Gazette : Page 3473, Position 35.