Harold Garnet HEARSEY

Regimental number1565
Place of birthAlexandria, Egypt
SchoolKelly College, Tavistock, Devonshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStationhand
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 10"
Weight175 lbs
Next of kinMrs A Hearsey, 63 Half Edge Lane, Eccles, Manchester, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 December 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 December 1914
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"Born in His Majesty's Army. Son of Major A Hearsey, Kuke of Cornwalls Light Infantry". Details from his Father.
FateKilled in Action 06-9 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death8 August 1915
Age at death24.11
Age at death from cemetery records24
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
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Major Arthur and Isabella HEARSEY, 63 Halp Edge Lane, Eccles Lancashire, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Sydney, 11 February 1915.

Taken on strength, 4th Bn, Gallipoli, 6 May 1915.

Killed in action, Gallipoli, 6-9 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HEARSEY Harold Garnet