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Walter Henry SLOCOMBE

Regimental number186
Place of birthCarlton, Victoria
SchoolAlbert Park State and Grammar Schools, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSignwriter
Address31 Moray Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mrs Hastain, c/o Main Point Hotel, South Yarra, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Garrison Artillery.
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name7th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularRoH circular lists surname as SLOCOME.
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 29), 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
51
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of May HASTAIN (formerly SLOCOMBE), 5 Little O'Grady Street, Albert Park, Victoria. Native of Melbourne
Family/military connectionsStepfather: 2nd Lt Albert Edward HASTAIN, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 17 March 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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