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Ernest BUTTERFIELD

Regimental number76
Place of birthMarkgate, Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Place of birthLuton, England
SchoolNational Board School, Markgate, Bedfordshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia34
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMarkgate, Herefordshire, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinFather, Daniel Butterfield, Markgate, Herefordshire, England
Previous military serviceServed 12 years in the Royal Field Artillery, British Army.
Enlistment date21 September 1914
Place of enlistmentTownsville, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name15th Battalion, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularServed throughout the South African War in the Royal Field Artillery. Medals: Queen Victoria's Medal, King Edward VII's Medal, Kimberley Star.
FateDied of wounds 4 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death4 May 1915
Age at death39
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 44), 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
75
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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