Cause and Place of Death: Killed in Action
BX July 11, 1917
Although without details as to the manner of death, word had been received in the city that Lance Corporal Cowan Dunn Wallace, Dundas Street, has been killed in action. He went overseas with the first overseas battalion from the 38th Dufferin Rifles. One sister, Agnes, (Mrs. Waddington), and four brothers survive him. The brothers are Alfred, James, rejected from the 215th Battalion; Archie with the 125th Battalion; and Gavin, formerly with the Winnipeg Rifles, now back from the front wounded.
BC July 26, 1917
Private C. Wallace Killed in Action – Another Member of 125th Battalion Makes Supreme Sacrifice at the Front
The family have received definite word that Pte. Cowan Wallace, son of Mr. Thomas Wallace 20 Dundas Street, was killed on July 11th. He left with the 125th Battalion, and went in the first draft from that regiment to the front. He was formerly employed with the Ham & Nott Company, and lived with his brother, Mr. A.E. Wallace. The departed hero was 25 years of age, and unmarried. Another brother, Archie, is also at the front.
BX July 26, 1917
Thomas Wallace of the city has received official notice that his son, Pte. Cowan Wallace, was killed in action at the front on July 11, last, instead of July 17, as was previously unofficially reported.