Thomas COSTELLO

Regimental number790
Place of birthHobart Tasmania
SchoolVarious public and private schools
Other trainingNil
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPrinter
AddressMaryville, Alton Street, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Costello, Maryville, Alton Street, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military service1st Australian Infantry
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name1st Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 May 1915
Place of death or woundingNot known, body not recovered
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 12), 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
28
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Ruth COSTELLO, 103 Moncur Street, Woollahra, New South Wales. Native of Hobart
Family/military connectionsBrothers: James 2nd Btn killed in action 2 May 1915; Michael 17th Btn invalided home and died at the Red Cross Hospital, Randwick of consumption 27 April 1921.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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