Regimental number | 2045 |
Place of birth | Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria |
School | Caulfield State School, Caulfield, Victoria |
Age on arrival in Australia | 24 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Letter carrier |
Address | Windsor, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 5.125" |
Weight | 133 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Lovell Andrews P Harris, 7 Henry Street, Windsor, Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/31/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Killed in the attack on the 'W' Hill - or Hill 60, Gallipoli, on 29th August,1915. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 41), 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 | 73 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Lovell and Florence POULETT-HARRIS, 25 Lucan Street, Caulfield, Victoria. Native of Fitzroy |
Family/military connections | Brother: [189] Lt Hector POULETT-HARRIS MM, 1st Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 23 September 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 9 July 1915. Court of Inquiry held in the field, 3 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'died at Gallipoli during the month of August 1915'. Department of Defence amended fate, 12 November 1920, to 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 27-29 August 1915'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Name incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Lovell Poulett HARRIS. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, POULETT-HARRIS Lovell |