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Alexander YATES

Regimental number1169
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolEastam School, Tooting, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationElectrician
Addressc/o Rosamon, Roslyn, Wamberral, via Gosford, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 9"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, A Yates,48 Moring Road, Tooting, London, England
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Territorial Force, England; discharged on leaving the country.
Enlistment date24 September 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death2 May 1915
Age at death19
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 23), 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
42
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915.

Died of wounds on board HT 'Dongala', en route to Alexandria, 2 May 1915.

Buried at sea.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, YATES Alexander

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