Wallace Nelson McLauchlan

Wallace Nelson McLauchlan

Personal Information
Date of Birth	7 Jan 1912
Place of Birth	Armadale, Western Australia
Death	26 Oct 1943
Place of Death	Scarlet Beach, New Guinea
Age at Enlistment	29 years, 6 months
Address	Armadale, Western Australia
Military Information
Reg Number	WX15142
Date of Enlistment	21 Jul 1941
Rank	Lance Corporal
Unit/Formation	2nd/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Fate	Killed in Action 26 Oct 1943
Monument	Armadale War Memorial Australian War Memorial
Medals	1939-45 Star Pacific Star Defence Medal War Medal 1939-45 Australian Services Medal 1939-45

War Service

Enlisted at the Claremont Recruitment center.

Following the fall of Lae, the 20th Brigade landed at Scarlet Beach, north of Finschhafen, on 22 September. On 11 October the 24th Brigade moved to Scarlet Beach and successfully defended the area when the Japanese counter-attacked later that month, and it was during this fighting that Wallace lost this life.

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  Lae War Cemetery
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  Wallace's gravesite

Notes

While Wallace's records show his date of death as 26 Oct 1943, the Unit's War Diary records no deaths then, but seven on the 24th.

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