William Bowman DOUGLAS

Place of birthRichmond, New South Wales
SchoolRichmond Public School, Richmond, New South Wales
Other trainingHawkesbury Agricultural College
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressBowmans Farm, Richmond, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinMrs E Douglas, Bowmans Farm, Richmond, New South Wales
Previous military serviceCommanding Officer, 41st Infantry Company, Richmond, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentCaptain
Unit name3rd Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death5 May 1915
Age at death32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 19), 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
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Town. Richmond, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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