Regimental number | 673 |
Place of birth | Dardanup, Western Australia |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Mill hand |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Ellen Shipworth, Dardanup near Bunbury, Western Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/15/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A52 Surada on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 17 November 1914 - 10th LM 1st reinfrocements; taken on strength 10th LH 1 August 1915. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Hill 60, Gallipoli |
Age at death | 27 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 10), 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 | 7 |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 5830 Pte John Thomas COONAN, 28th Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917; 672 Pte Marcus John COONAN, 10th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 29 April 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |