Regimental number | 1350 |
Place of birth | Myrrhee, Victoria |
Place of birth | Wangaratta, Victoria |
School | State School, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 6.75" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Charles Handcock, Myrrhee South, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | One of eight brothers who served their King and Country in the Great War. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 29), 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 | 50 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Harriett HANDCOCK, Myrrhee, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 7568 Sapper Frederick Arthur HANDCOCK, 1st Tunnelling Company, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919; 2021A Pte Joseph Ralph HANDCOCK, 2nd Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 1 April 1919; 4127 Pte Reginald Francis HANDCOCK, 21st Bn, returned to Australia, 8 April 1918; 2634 Pte Richard Murdoch Rowe HANDCOCK, 2nd Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 23 January 1919; 39 Pte Charles HANDCOCK, 38th Bn, died of disease, 10 November 1919; 1846 Pte William Henry HANDCOCK, 38th Bn, returned to Australia, 30 April 1919.~ |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915. Killed in action, Gallipoli, 25 April-2 May 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HANDCOCK Albert John |