William Alexander WALLACE [Alec]

1899 - 1994  (95 years)

• Name	William Alexander WALLACE
  Known As	Alec
  Birth	19 Jan 1899	Parkville, Eketahuna, Tararua, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	From 1935 to 1954  [3]
  	Wireless Operator, Awarua Radio, Southland
  Occupation	1963  [3]
  	Clerk, Christchurch
  Death	19 Jun 1994	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1]
  Probate	19 Jul 1994	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [4]
  Burial	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [2, 5]
  Person ID	I5849	NZ Genealogy Project | WALLACE Descendant
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	John Henry WALLACE,   b. 1853, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand d. 20 Aug 1932, Rongotea, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Ellen PAWSON,   b. 27 Jul 1857, Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 18 Feb 1928, Rangiotu, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	13 Jul 1878	Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F1820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Roberta HOLMES [Berta],   b. 24 Sep 1908, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland d. 10 Apr 1978, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	08 Oct 1929	New Zealand   [8, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Graham John WALLACE,   b. 01 Jan 1946, New Zealand d. 15 Sep 1963, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F4332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Jan 1899 - Parkville, Eketahuna, Tararua, New Zealand Marriage - 08 Oct 1929 - New Zealand Death - 19 Jun 1994 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Probate - 19 Jul 1994 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Burial - - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY William Alexander WALLACE was the youngest child of John Henry and Ellen Wallace, born in 1899 at Parkville, Eketahuna. William trained as a Wireless Operator and worked at Awarua Radio in Southland from at least 1935 according to electoral rolls. Awarua Radio (call sign VLB or ZLB), on the Awarua Plain in Southland, was New Zealand's main receiving and transmitting coast radio station providing worldwide radio telegraph and voice communications with ships at sea. The facility was operated from 18 December 1913 by the New Zealand Post Office (to 31 March 1986) then by Telecom New Zealand until the station closed on 30 August 1991. William Wallace was appointed Superintendent Awarua Radio on 4 August 1947, replacing L.G.Emens who was promoted to Superintendent Auckland Radio. He retired on 5 December 1954. After retirement William and his family moved to Christchurch where William died in 1994.

  
  

• Sources

  [S503] NZ BDM - Historical Records, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S1006] loveteam_1, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Terry Love Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S1682] ARCHWAY - Probate Files, (Archives New Zealand 2004), none. [S779] Find a Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com). [S120] Doreen Corrick, Christchurch, NZ, The Wallace Family History, (October 1988). [S125] Papers Past - Wanganui Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 3189, 27 July 1878, Page 2. MARRIAGE. Wallace - Pawson - On the 13th inst., at Akaroa, by the Registrar, John Henry Wallace, third son of the late Mr Arthur Wallace, of Wanganui, to Ellen, second daughter of Mr William Pawson, of the head of the Bay, Akaroa. [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S642] NZ BDM - Historical Records - DATES, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand).