James DALTON

Regimental number669
Place of birthChelsea, London, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHorse breaker
AddressWalla Walla, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 9.5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Dalton, 14 Riley Street, Chelsea, London, England
Previous military serviceServed for 14 months in the Royal Engineers, London, England.
Enlistment date26 August 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 1, Brigade Ammunition Column
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A8 Argyllshire on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of disease 25 December 1915
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 11), 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
11
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Transferred to Gallipoli Peninsula from Zaheria, 2 October 1915.

Attached to Heavy Battery, Gallipoli, 11 October 1915.

Found guilty, 7 November 1915, of making an improper reply to an NCO: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Transferred to 1st Battery, 6 December 1915.

Died at sea on board HT 'Hororata' en route Mudros to Alexandria, 25 December 1915 (jaundice and enteric fever).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DALTON James