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Name: WALLACE, Francis James (Lieut.)

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Birth Date: 8.11.1877 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Death Date: 20.4.1906 Belfast, Ireland

First Date: 1903

Profession: 4th KAR, Mbarara, Uganda

Area: Uganda

Married: Marie

Book Reference: EAHB 1905, North, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904

War Service: 2nd Batt. West Yorkshire Regt

General Information:

North - Adjutant & Intelligence Officer May 1903 resident at Mbarara 15/7/1904; Public Officer's Game Licence Mbarara 19/8/1905; 1906 Entebbe
Morning Bulletin 11 June 1906 Lieutenant Frank James-Wallace, of the 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment, who died on Friday night at Holywood Barracks, says   the "Northern Whig," Belfast, of the 24th of April, was buried yesterday in the local cemetery with the usual impressive military honours. The deceased was the son of the late Mr. John Thornhill James- Wallace, of Rockhampton, Queensland, and was born in Australia. He saw service in the South African war, volunteering with many other young colonials when the Queensland Mounted Infantry was formed, He gained a commission in the regular army in 1900, and subsequently   served in East Africa with the King's African Rifles, Unfortunately he contracted malarial fever, and returning home, rejoined his regiment, the West Yorks, at Holywood, a short time since. Here he was seized with another attack of fever in which he succumbed, to the great regret of his brother officers.           

The funeral was very impressive, the officers stationed at Victoria Barracks, Belfast, attending as well as those quartered at Holywood. The coffin, which rested upon a gun carriage drawn by six horses, was covered with the British Flag. Six of his brother officers acted as pall bearers. Funeral marches were played by the band on the way from the barracks to the cemetery. The Rev. Mervyn Archdall, one of the military chaplains, conducted the service, and after the remains had been lowered into their last resting place the usual three volleys were fired over the grave. 
ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/387933/person/6005161367/media/a21108c2-7dbf-4260-8cb8-ae573b18d755?queryId=b1185a95-d574-456f-bf9a-36abe700adf7&_phsrc=ZEY19090&_phstart=successSource  223 Pvte Frank James-Wallace 3rd Queensland Mounted Inf. Next of Kin:John Thornhill James-Wallace, Killarney Station, St Lawrence. Unit:  3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry Conflict: Boer War, South Africa.  Departure: From Brisbane – 1 Mar 1900, aboard  ‘Duke of Portland’. Service: April 1900 - April 1901 in Rhodesia under Carington, west Transvaal including relief of Mafeking (16-17 May 1900), defeat at Koster River (22 July 1900) and defence of Elands River Post (4-16 August 1900), and under Plumer in northern Transvaal including battle of Rhenoster Kop (29 November 1900), and advance on Pietersburg. Promotion: On 20 Sep 1900 it was announced in London that Frank had received a commission with the West Yorkshire Regiment, and was to be promoted to Lieutenant.   Return - 3 QMI: To Sydney - 7 Jun 1901, aboard ‘Morayshire’, and train to Brisbane.  (It seems likely that Frank would have left QMI and gone to England with his new regiment at this time.) Later Service: He served in East Africa with the King's African Rifles. Unfortunately he contracted malaria, and returning home, rejoined his regiment, 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment, at Holywood. Here he succumbed to another attack of malaria. He was buried the 24th of April 1906, from Holywood Barracks near Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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