Thomas VARLEY

Regimental number404
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBricklayer
AddressHalifax Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Height5' 9.25"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Varley, Halifax Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the US Army.
Enlistment date19 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 May 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 63), 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
87
Family/military connectionsNephew: Lt Leslie Varley DUXBURY, 32nd Bn, died of wounds, France, 6 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 16 August 1915.

Reported missing in action, 27 August 1915; Court of Enquiry, 19th Bn Headquarters, 12 May 1917, determined fate as 'killed in action, 27 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsMother died 31 December 1915.