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Frederick George GALE

Regimental number1357
Place of birthBathurst New South Wales
ReligionSalvation Army
OccupationCabinetmaker
AddressUnwin's Bridge Road, Wanstead, via Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 7"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinGeorge Gale, Unwin's Bridge Road, Wanstead, via Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 1 year in the 34th Infantry and for 2 years in the 33rd Infantry
Enlistment date9 November 1914
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1915
Date of death6 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 22), 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
40
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Sydney, 11 February 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915.

Joined 4th Bn from hold party, Gallipoli, 3 May 1915.

Reported missing, Gallipoli, 6-9 August 1915.

Court of Enquiry held in the field, 22 April 1916, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, 6 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GALE Frederick George

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