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Frederick Walter HENSTOCK

Regimental number318
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBilliard saloon proprieter
Address25 Macauley Street Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 4.25"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinMrs Elizabeth Henstock, 25 Macauley Street Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in Brabant's Horse: time expired
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 08-13 November 1915
Date of death30 April 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 21), 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
40
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Promoted corporal, 4 April 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915.

Reported missing, Gallipoli, 30 April 1915.

Court of Inquiry held in the field, 26 September 1916, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 30 April 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HENSTOCK Frederick Walter

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