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Frank Wilson MOUAT

Regimental number1208
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolBarnsbury Park, London N, LCC Higher Grade
Other trainingFarm labourer
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmhand
AddressVictoria Street, Tanalba, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, H A Mouat, St Georges Mansion, Vauxhall, Bridge Road, London, England
Previous military serviceRoyal Navy August 1911, invalided out after 9 months, the last 6 months spent in hospital with rheumatic fever.
Enlistment date26 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 June 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death30 April 1915
Age at death19.5
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 21), 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
41
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry Archibald and Alice Ann MOUAT, St. George's Mansions, Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, England
Family/military connections3 brothers all served during the war: Lt RNR previously 2nd officer on the Osterley, Orient Line. SGT in Hampshire Regt gained military medal for services on the Somme, 1915. Officer in the merchant Service.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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