Topic: AIF - 1B - 1 LHR
1st LHR, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Carl Adelt
Carl Adelt's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Carl Adelt
Service number: 554
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 16 May 1915
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: 6. Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
War Grave Register notes: ADELT Tpr Carl 554 1st Light Horse Regt Died of wounds at sea 16th May 1915 Age 23 Son of Louis and Nellie Adelt of Cromer Belmont Avenue Wollstonecroft Sydney Native of Caulfield Melbourne 1
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Carl Adelt from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 554 |
| Place of birth | Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria |
| School | Fort St High School, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Commercial Traveller |
| Address | Belmont Avenue, Woolstoncroft, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 22 |
| Next of kin | Louis Adelt, Belmont Avenue, Woolstoncroft, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Served in the Cadets and in Australian Garrison Artillery. |
| Enlistment date | 7 September 1914 |
| Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | 7 September 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Trumpeter |
| Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 20 October 1914 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Great swimmer, Member of Manly Life Saving Club. |
| Fate | Died of wounds 16 May 1915 |
| Place of death or wounding | Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Date of death | 16 May 1915 |
| Age at death | 22 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 1), 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. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 2 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Louis and Nellie ADELT, 'Cromer',Belmont Avenue, Wollstonecroft, Sydney. Native of Caulfield, Melbourne |
| Family/military connections | Brothers: 1633 Pte Rudolph Askwith ADELT, 12th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 1 August 1919; 6311 Sapper Burton ADELT, 1st Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 20 January 1917 |
| Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
Gallipoli Battles1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
Citation: 1st LHR, Roll of Honour, Carl Adelt
