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James LAWRIE

Regimental number280
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
SchoolAbbeyhill Public School, Edinburgh, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia23
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 9"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Robert Hall Lawrie, Alberton PO, Alberton, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll24 September 1914
Place of enlistmentRosehill, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularOriginal member of 13th Battalion and took part in the original landing at Anzac 25/4/15.
FateKilled in Action 2 May 1915
Place of death or woundingQuinn's Post, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 38), 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
69
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mary LAWRIE.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Killed in action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous details*Embarkation roll gives his name as Mantes LAWRIE
SourcesNAA: B2455, LAWRIE James

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