Regimental number | 1453 |
Place of birth | St Pancras, London, England |
Other Names | Lester Sidney |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | ... |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 138.5 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Flanders, Raleigh Arms Hotel, Chelmsford, Essex, England |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 16th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/33/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 16th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 20 November 1914 - 16th Bn, 2nd Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 16th Bn, 12 April 1915. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel No 52), 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 | 78 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915. Reported missing (date not recorded). Court of Enquiry, held at Rouen, France, 3-5 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, on or about 2 May 1915'. Medals: 1914-15 Star British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BACON Lester Sydney |