Howard Thomas ELDER

Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolThe Hawksburn School, Hawksburn, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSalesman
Address30 Lorne Road,East Prahran, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinJulie Elder, 30 Lorne Road, East Prahran, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed 5 years in the Militia Forces prior to out-break of war. Held Commisssioned Rank in the 26th Signal Engineers since 1913.
Enlistment date28 August 1914
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name5th Battalion, Headquarters
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board TRANSPORT A3 Orvieto on 21 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 May 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Howart Thomas
Place of death or woundingCape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death9 May 1915
Age at death23.10
Place of burialAt Sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 24), 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
43
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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