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Richard BRIERLEY

Regimental number1103
Place of birthLiverpool, England
SchoolSt Peter's School, Sackville Street, Liverpool, England
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSeaman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Brierley, 117 Townson Street, Liverpool, England
Previous military serviceServed in the 9th King's Liverpool Regiment (Everton), Territorial Force, United Kingdom.
Enlistment date28 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 22 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1177
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDeckhand on the fishing trawler 'Endeavour', Melbourne. (details from mother)
FateKilled in Action 2 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel No 6), 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.

Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Henry and Eleanor Brierley, 115, Farnworth Street, Liverpool, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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