Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Lionel Nelson Cole
Lionel Nelson Cole
Service number: 155
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 8 August 1915
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey
War Grave Register notes: COLE, Tpr. Lionel Nelson, 155. 8th Light Horse Regt. Died of wounds at sea 8th Aug., 1915. 6.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Lionel Nelson Cole from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 155 |
| Place of birth | Cobrico, Victoria |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Address | Cobrico via Camperdown, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 20 |
| Next of kin | Father, William Cole, Cobrico, Victoria |
| Enlistment date | 15 September 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on 25 February 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 15 September 1914; taken on strength 8th LH Regt. 1 December 1914; wounded Gallipoli 26 May 1915 and mortally 7 August 1915. |
| Fate | Died of wounds 8 August 1915 |
| Place of death or wounding | The Nek, Gallipoli |
| Age at death | 21 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 6), 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 | 6 |
| Family/military connections | Brothers: 156 Pte Dyson Frederick COLE, 8th Light Horse Regiment, died of wounds, 7 August 1915; 1544 Pte Alywin Arnold Isaiah COLE, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 18 February 1918; 88 Pte Nicholas Robert COLE, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 13 October 1918; 485 Pte Ernest Hext COLE, 1st Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 13 October 1918. |
| Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Nek, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915
Gallipoli CampaignBattles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, Roll of Honour, Lionel Nelson Cole
