Regimental number | 554 |
Place of birth | Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria |
School | Fort St High School, Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Commercial Traveller |
Address | Belmont Avenue, Woolstoncroft, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Louis Adelt, Belmont Avenue, Woolstoncroft, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadets and in Australian Garrison Artillery. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Trumpeter |
Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Great swimmer, Member of Manly Life Saving Club. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 1), 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 | 2 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Louis and Nellie ADELT, 'Cromer',Belmont Avenue, Wollstonecroft, Sydney. Native of Caulfield, Melbourne |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1633 Pte Rudolph Askwith ADELT, 12th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 1 August 1919; 6311 Sapper Burton ADELT, 1st Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 20 January 1917 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |