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Alexander Hood RICHMOND

Regimental number2041
Place of birthNewmilns, Scotland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHorse driver
Address109 Pitt Street, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 10"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinBrother, John Richmond,109 Pitt Street, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Royal Scottish Fusiliers. See 877 Alexander Hood RICHMOND for first period of service.
Enlistment date18 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 March 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 13 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 23), 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
41
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh and Margaret RICHMOND (nee HOOD). Native of Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Reported Missing, 6 August 1915.

Court of Enquiry, held Fleurbaix, France, 22 April 1916, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 6 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, RICHMOND Alexander Hood

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