Date of birth | |
Place of birth | West Maitland, New South Wales |
School | State public school; Tamworth Grammar School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Address | Mountview Road, Cessnock, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Edith L Tinson, Mountview Road, Cessnock, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 6.3 years as 2nd Lieutenant, C Troop, C Squadron, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
Promotions |
Lieutenant Unit: 1st Light Horse Regiment Promotion date: |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | At sea |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 1), 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 | 3 |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3499 Driver Walter Ernest Richard TINSON, 14th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 9 March 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked from Australia, 20 October 1914. Emarbarked at Alexandria for Gallipoli, 9 May 1915. Severely wounded in the leys while in charye of a bombing party at Pope's Post, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915. Shot while crossing No Man's Land; remained in the open until evening when he was brought in and taken down to the beach. He died on board the Hospital Ship, 'Dunluce Castle', and was buried at sea. There was some confusion surrounding the circumstances of his wounding and death, and the precise details were not confirmed to his next of kin until December 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |