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Anthony Thomas RENEHAN

Regimental number1504
Place of birthYass, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinFather, Joseph Renehan, PO, Temora, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 November 1914
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Unit name1st Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMATA49 Seang Choon on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6-9 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 15), 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
30
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 7 May 1915.

Wounded in action, 7 August 1915 (gun shot wound, left wrist and arm); admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, Vic. Gully, and transferred to Mudros.

Subsequently reported wounded and missing.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, France, 5 June 1916, determined fate as 'killed in action, 6-9 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsRegimental Number originally 1617; crossed out on Attestation Form and replaced by 1504.
SourcesNAA: B2455, RENEHAN Anthony Thomas

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