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Edward Pennell STABLES

Regimental number830
Place of birthPerth, Western Australia
SchoolPerth Boys' School; Simon Langton School, Canterbury, Kent, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation hand
AddressNortham, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 11"
Weight151 lbs
Next of kinBrother, W J Stables, Northam, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 34), 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
64
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Owen Pennell and Margaret STABLES. Native of Perth, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: Captain Wilfred James STABLES, 44th Bn, returned to Australia, 5 March 1920.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 2 March 1915.

Reported wounded and missing, 25 April 1915.

Court of Enquiry, held at Fletre, France, 10 April 1916, declated fate to be 'Killed in Action, 25 April 1915'.

Statement, Red Cross File No 2600302D, 827 Pte H.A. STEVENS, A Company, 11th Bn (patient, 26th General Hospital, Etaples), 22 May 1916: 'Witness saw Stables lying on the beach at Anzac on the day of the landing. He was lying on his stomach, having been shot through the back. Witness saw him only in passing. He appeared to be badly wounded ... Witness has not seen or heard of him since.'

Second statement, 776 Pte H. EMMOT, 11th Bn, 24 November 1916: 'It has been reported that he died on hospital ship, between Peninsula and Alexandria.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, STABLES Edward Pennell
Red Cross File no 2600302D

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