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Wallace, John R S
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John Robert Swan Wallace was born on 16th November 1888. He was probably the youngest son of Janet (née Sloan) and Hugh Wallace, having two brothers and four sisters. In the 1901 Scotland Census, Hugh Wallace works as a collector of rates and accountant, and the whole family lived in Cadder Eastern District (Lanarkshire County at the time). John R. S. Wallace was an evening student at The Glasgow School of Art from session 1912/13 to 1916/17. He studied Drawing and Painting, and also Life Drawing and Painting, studying the latter with Assistant Professor William Shanks in 1914/15. During his time as a student at The Glasgow School of Art, he was staying at Chryston and working as a clerk.
John R. S. Wallace enlisted in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in WW1. He received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal after the war ended. On 12th April 1920 he was discharged with the rank of Private.
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