Regimental number | 798 |
Place of birth | Timaru, New Zealand |
School | Timaru High School, New Zealand |
Religion | No religion |
Occupation | Engine driver |
Address | 87 Pitt Street, Redfern, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Next of kin | Father, Thomas Wagstaff, Bracken Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 13th Battalion, G Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/30/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board TRANSPORT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 30 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 39), 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 | 71 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Beatrice M. WAGSTAFF |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Statement, Red Cross File No 2830107L, 1130 Pte L.G.EGUSS, D Company, 13th Bn, 23 February 1916: 'Wagstaff was killed on Monday, 26th April at Gaba Tepe. The Co. was sent across to hold another ridge on the extreme left of the line. While on the ridge, he was killed by a rifle bullet in the head. He died instantly.' Second statement, 1174 Pte C.M. BYE, D Company, 13th Bn, 4 July 1916: 'Informant was in 16th Platoon of D. Company, and knew Wagstaff who came, he thinks, from New Zealand. He was always called "Waggy". He was about 5'6", dark. Private Lowe, who comes from Victoria, was in the 15th Platoon, D. Company, and was next to Wagstaff when he was killed in the Gully on 28th April.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Red Cross File No 2830107L |