James Herbert FLOWER

Regimental number357
Place of birthBemboka, New South Wales
SchoolGoulburn High School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 10"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinFather, F G Flower, Bangalow, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 October 1914
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/12/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A33 Ayrshire on 20 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded at Gallipoli, died at sea.
FateDied of wounds 25 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 7), 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
5
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Name recorded on brother's headstone, Villers-Bretonneux Cemetery, France.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3675 Pte Allan Lindsay FLOWER, 5th Pioneer Bn, died of wounds, 29 July 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Sydney, 20 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 15 May 1915.

Died of wounds at sea, Hospital Ship 'Soudan', 25 May 1915.

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