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Joseph Charles SQUIRE

Regimental number1812
Place of birthGlenroy near Tumbarumba, New South Wales
SchoolGlenroy Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressFowler Swamp, Bowna, near Albury, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 8"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Squire, Fowler Swamp, via Albury, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 January 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 17 March 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7-12 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 21), 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
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Tumbarumba Roll of Honour ('Advance Australia'), Tumbarumba, New South Wales. Parents: William Abraham and Elizabeth SQUIRE, Fowler Swamp, Bowna, New South Wales. Native of Tumbarumba, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, Gallipoli, 14 June 1915.

Reported missing in action, 7-12 August 1915.

Court of Enquiry, 5 June 1916, concluded: 'Killed in action, 7-12 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsAddress incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Bourner, nr Albury, New South Wales.
SourcesNAA: B2455, SQUIRE Joseph Charles

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