Arthur Stuart MEADE

Regimental number1501
Place of birthBraidwood, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLocomotive fitter
Address233 Lambert Street, Bathurst, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 9"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinFather, James Arthur Meade, 233 Lambert Street, Bathurt, New South Wales
Enlistment date26 October 1914
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name1st Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMATA49 Seang Choon on 11 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1475
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 June 1915
Date of death5 June 1915
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 13), 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
30
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Arthur and Frances MEADE, Yong, New South Wales. Native of Major's Creek
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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