John Loch GEORGE

Regimental number2062
Place of birthKentnor, Phillip Island, Victoria
SchoolState School, Cowes, Phillip Island, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 4.5"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliz George, Cowes, Phillip Island, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 March 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 August 1915
Place of death or woundingLone Pine, Gallipoli
Date of death7 August 1915
Age at death24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 24), 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
43
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 8 June 1915; taken on strength, 5th Bn, Gallipoli, 17 June 1915.

Admitted (gun shot wound, head) to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915; died of wounds, Hospital Ship 'Cloucester Castle', 7 August 1915; buried at sea near Mudros by Reverend C. J. Parker.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GEORGE John Loch