Regimental number | 516 |
Place of birth | Forbes, New South Wales |
School | Kensington Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 2 Tunbridge Street, Flemington, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 10.5" |
Weight | 152 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, George Angus, St Andrew, 2 Tunbridge Street, Flemington, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 2 years in the Senior Cadets; 18 months in the Australian Field Artillery Artillery; then in the 58th Regiment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 28), 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 | 49 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George and Catherine ANGUS, Newmarket, Victoria. Native of Forbes, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Admitted to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Mena, Cairo, 16 March 1915 (pyrexia); discharged to duty, 21 March 1915. Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915. Posted as missing in action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915. Fate indeterminate for some considerable time. Quarter-Master, Camp, Zeitoun, Egypt, wrote to Mr G. Angus: 'I have pleasure in informing you that according to latest records Pte J.S. Angus ... is not yet dead, and therefore effects as per our advice to you dated 16 November are held back.' Court of Enquiry, 13 May 1915, pronounces fate as 'Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ANGUS John Sinclair |