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Fergus James DURACK

Regimental number1
Place of birthRocklea, Queensland
SchoolChristian Brothers Catholic College, Brisbane, Queensland
OccupationSurveyor
AddressMcDougall Street, Milton, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24.11
Height5' 5.5"
Weight123 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs Marchant, McDougall Street, Milton, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceJames Durack was attached to the Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade at Kaultara early in 1915, during the time of the attack of the Canal and was complimented by the C.O. on the work he did, surveying etc. He died on the Hospital Ship "Soudan".
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name3rd Field Company Engineers, Headquarters, Section 1, Section 2 and Section 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/22/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 22 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 24 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialAt Sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 12), 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
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Michael and Kathlen DURACK. Native of Brisbane
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DURACK Fergus James

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