Frank JOSH

Regimental number302
Place of birthCampsall, Yorkshire, England
SchoolBadsworth County Council
Other trainingApprentice Butcher and Blacksmith
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGlanive via Raglan, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinBrother, William Henry Josh, Glanive via Raglan, New South Wales
Enlistment date21 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll23 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe learned two trades and dairying but like the roving commission best, of him it might be truly said "A rolling stone gathers no moss" but a true brother of nature and a man. (Brother)
FateKilled in Action 10 May 1915
Place of death or woundingQuinn's Post, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death10 May 1915
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 46), 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
76
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Henry and Mary Ann JOSH. Native of pontefract, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal