"At a mile distant their thousand hooves were stuttering thunder, coming at a rate that frightened a man - they were an awe inspiring sight, galloping through the red haze - knee to knee and horse to horse - the dying sun glinting on bayonet points..." Trooper Ion Idriess
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Mother, Mrs Ellen Walsh, corner of Jane And Stubley Street, Charters Towers, North Queensland
Enlistment date
28 September 1914
Rank on enlistment
Captain
Unit name
15th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number
23/32/1
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll
Major
Unit from Nominal Roll
15th Battalion
Fate
Killed in Action 28 April 1915
Place of burial
No known grave
Commemoration details
The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 43), Gallipoli, Turkey
The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.
The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.
The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.
The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, John Edwin SERGEANT Topic: Militia - Area Officers
The Australian Militia
Area Officers
Roll of Honour
John Edwin SERGEANT
John Edwin SERGEANT
Place of birth
Melbourne, Victoria
School
Private tuition
Religion
Church of England
Occupation
Grazier and vigneron
Address
Goorambat, Victoria
Marital status
Married
Age at embarkation
45
Next of kin
Mrs Annie Sergeant, Goorambat East, Victoria
Previous military service
Served in Boer War as Lieutenant in 5th Mounted Rifles Contingent, received Queen's Medal with 3 clasps; Quartermaster of 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment upon return. 1908-1910, Militia Adjutant, then Area Officer.
Enlistment date
28 August 1914
Rank on enlistment
Captain
Unit name
8th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number
23/25/1
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll
Major
Unit from Nominal Roll
8th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)
Mention in Despatches
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29354 (5 November 1915); 'Commonwealth Gazette', No. 12 (27 January 1916).
Fate
Killed in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or wounding
Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death
25 April 1915
Age at death
45
Age at death from cemetery records
45
Place of burial
Shell Green Cemetery (Artillery Road Plot 6), Gallipoli, Turkey
Roll of Honour
Panel number 54, Australian War Memorial
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records
Note date of death. Parents: Robert and Mary SERGEANT; husband of Annie SERGEANT, Goorambat East, Victoria. Native of Melbourne
The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, Mordant Leslie REID Topic: Militia - Area Officers
The Australian Militia
Area Officers
Roll of Honour
Mordant Leslie REID
Mordant Leslie REID
Date of birth
22 August 1881
Place of birth
Elmore, Victoria
Religion
Presbyterian
Occupation
Electrical engineer
Address
Lindsay Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Marital status
Married
Age at embarkation
33
Next of kin
Wife, Mrs P Reid, Lindsay Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Enlistment date
1 September 1914
Rank on enlistment
2nd Lieutenant
Unit name
11th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number
23/28/1
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll
Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll
11th Battalion
Fate
Killed in Action 25 April 1915
Place of burial
No known grave
Commemoration details
The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 33), Gallipoli, Turkey
The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.
The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.
The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.
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