Wallach brothers The Wallach brothers were a family of eight boys born to Henry and Mary Wallach of Bondi Beach in Sydney , Australia toward the end of the 19th century . Six of the brothers all saw active service in World War I . The fourth and eighth brothers , Clarrie and Neville were both top - grade rugby union players before the War . They both saw action at Gallipoli , were promoted on the Western Front as Captains , were both recipients of the Military Cross and each fell within a week of each other in France in fighting at the time of the Second Battle of Villers - Bretonneux . Wallach family . The family was of German origin . The children were : Bernhard Wallach ( 1876 - 1946 ) , Adolph Wallach ( 1878 - 1945 ) , Henry Wallach ( 1879 - 1937 ) , Florence Wallach ( 1881 - ) , Emil Wallach ( 1884 - 1943 ) , Henrietta Wallach ( 1886 - ) , Stella Wallach ( 1888 - ) , Clarence Wallach ( 1889 - 1918 ) , Rupert Wallach ( 1893 - ) , Neville Wallach ( 1896 - 1918 ) and Arthur Wallach ( 1899 - ) . The brothers attended Sydney Grammar School and before the War were active in Surf lifesaving at the Bondi Beach and Maroubra Beach Surf Life Saving Club s . Clarence Wallach . Clarence Wallach MC was an Australian representative rugby union forward and decorated World War I military officer . He fought at Gallipoli and in France and died of wounds on the Western Front . Rugby career . Clarrie ' s club rugby career was with the Eastern Suburbs RUFC in Sydney where he played as a lock . He made eight state representative appearances for New South Wales and appeared on five occasions between 1913 and 1914 for Australia . Military career . Clarrie was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 19th Battalion , 5th Brigade , of the 2nd Division raised in March 1915 , disembarking in June 1915 . After training in Egypt , the battalion landed at Anzac Cove on 21 August 1915 , and following that took part in the attack on Battle of Hill 60 . On the Western Front Clarrie saw action at the Battle of Pozières in August 1916 . In 1918 Clarrie Wallach with the 19th battalion helped to repel the German Spring Offensive , and it was during this time , on 7 April 1918 , that Clarrie by now a Captain , would sustain mortal wounds in the very same action around Hangard Wood which saw his 2IC , Lieutenant Percy Storkey earn a Victoria Cross for his actions during the fighting . Clarrie suffering from a compound fracture of his left leg , had gangrene set in and doctors amputated the limb . Wallach ' s condition deteriorated and he died on 22 April , aged twenty - eight . He is buried in the Etretat Churchyard Extension in Étretat , France . Neville Wallach . Neville Wallach ( 1897 – 1918 ) MC was also a grade rugby player with the Eastern Suburbs RUFC and an active member of the Bondi Surf Bather ' s Life Saving Club . He enlisted at aged 18 on 25 January 1915 , as a private with the 13th ( New South Wales ) Infantry Battalion , Australian Imperial Force - the Battalion had been raised in September 1914 only six weeks after the declaration of war . The main strength of the battalion left Australia from Albany in December arriving in Egypt in February 1915 . Wallach was enlisted to a force of reinforcements for the 13th and left Sydney on board " HMAT A49 Seang Choon " on 11 February 1915 . Along with the rest of the 4th Brigade , under the command of then Colonel John Monash , the 13th Battalion took part in the Landing at Anzac Cove , arriving late on 25 April 1915 . Between May to August , they were then heavily involved in operations to establish and defend the narrow beachhead against Turkish assaults . After Gallipoli , Neville saw action on the Western Front . He met up with his brother Rupert who was posted to the 13th Battalion . He was twice wounded , was mentioned in despatches , promoted to Captain at age 21 and in April 1917 was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in the 4th Division ' s assault on the Hindenburg Line in the First Battle of Bullecourt . The citation noted : " He was a Platoon Commander in the attack on the Hindenburg Line near Bullecourt on 11 April 1917 and though he received a bullet through his thigh within one minute of zero , he led his men over 1200 yards of ground swept by shell and machine gun fire . . . Captain Wallace is a very capable officer and bears a high reputation for bravery " . He was killed in action on 1 May 1918 in the Second Battle of Villers - Bretonneux . A shell burst at his company headquarters sending a splinter through his head as the officers were sitting down to tea . He is buried in the Villers - Bretonneux Military Cemetery . Other fighting brothers . Henry Wallach . Henry ( born 1880 ) was living in Hobart and aged 35 when he enlisted as a private in the 12th Battalion . He embarked from Melbourne on " HMAT A56 Palermo " in September 1916 . He survived the war and returned a corporal in July 1918 . Rupert Wallach . Rupert ( born 1893 ) enlisted at very the beginning of the war in August 1914 . He joined the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force ( Tropical Unit ) , C Company . Under the command of Colonel William Holmes , the AN & MEF departed Sydney aboard HMAS " Berrima " in August 1914 . Rupert Wallach saw action in New Guinea , Gallipoli and France during the war . Arthur Wallach . Arthur Wallach ( born 1897 ) enlisted as a Gunner in Machine Gun Company 1 in January 1916 . He left Sydney in " HMAT Bennalla " in May 1916 . He survived the war , returning home in August 1918 .