Richard Henry CHASE

Regimental number691
Place of birthSt Lucia, West Indies
SchoolGrammar School, Sallash, Cornwall, England
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCivil servant
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation47
Height5' 5"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Chase, 185 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Bechuanaland Field Force 1884/84, 2nd Western Australian Contingent and Scottish Horse of the Boer War 1900/2.
Enlistment date14 October 1914
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death54
Age at death from cemetery records47
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 17), 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
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated (marble plaque: 'Mors janua vitae' [Death is the gate to life]) in St George's Cathedral, Perth, Western Australia. Parents: Richard and Susan CHASE
Family/military connectionsBrother: Brig. Gen. L. Chase UC CB who died at Ivetta, Belouchistan, previous to the war.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Egypt to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Killed in action, 28 April 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CHASE Richard Henry