Edward Frank BEARD

Regimental number1004
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
ReligionProtestant
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Mrs L Beard, 7 Reid Street, Zeehan, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Laura Beard, 7 Reid Street, Zeehan, Tasmania
Enlistment date18 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 April 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 18 September 1914. Taken on strength, 15th Battalion, 12 December 1914
FateKilled in Action 09-10 May 1915
Place of death or woundingQuinn's Post, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death9 May 1915
Age at death22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 45), 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.

Family/military connectionsBrother: 1515 Pte Charles Cecil BEARD, 2nd Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 15 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal