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William John TROYAHN

Regimental number1561
Place of birthWarwick, Queensland
SchoolWarwick State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStonemason
AddressPercy Street, Warwick, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, John W Troyahn, Percy Street, Warwick, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the Junior and Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date14 December 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 13 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName recorded on the Roll of Honour, Methodist Church, Warwick, Queensland.
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name given on Embarkation Roll as TROGAHN.
Place of death or woundingLone Pine, Gallipoli
Age at death19.8
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 50), 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
78
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John William and Harriett TROYAHAN, Brighton Parade, Southport, Queensland. Native of Warwick
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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