Regimental number | 411 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Terang, Victoria |
School | State School, Victoria |
Other training | Carpenter and Joiner |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | 21 Normanby Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 156 lbs |
Next of kin | William Garner, 21 Normanby Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as Acting Sergeant in the Militia Drill Room, North Melbourne, Victoria; served for 3 years in the 5th Australian Infantry Regiment |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Essendon, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | LSGT |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 24 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 28), 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 | 50 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Melbourne, 19 October 1914. Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 5 April 1915. Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915; admitted (gun shot wound, chest and face) 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 29 April 1915; embarked Alexadria to rejoin unit, 3 July 1915; rejoined 7th Bn, Gallipoli, 10 July 1915. Promoted to sergeant, Gallipoli, 10 July 1915. Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 3 July 1915; died of wounds (gun shot wound, legs and body; fractured face), Hospital Ship 'Gascon', 1.00am, 14 July 1915; buried at sea, 3 miles of Gaba Tepe, by Rev. C. Mayne, 14 July 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, GARNER George |