Regimental number | 551 |
Place of birth | Denbighshire, North Wales |
School | Christ's Hospital School, London |
Age on arrival in Australia | 34 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 40 |
Height | 5' 7.5" |
Weight | 171 lbs |
Next of kin | Rev. H. Humphreys, Henllan Rectory, Denbighshire, North Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 7 years in the Cape Mounted Rifles including service during the South African war |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/14/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 42 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 8), 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 | 7 |
Family/military connections | He had a brother Pte M J Humphrey 5109 who served with AIF in France 7th Batt. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Appointed corporal (provisional), 16 December 1914. Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 16 May 1915. Appointed sergeant (provisional), Gallipoli, 1 August 1915. Commissioned temporary 2nd lieutenant, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915; commission cancelled, 20 August 1915. Reported missing, Gallipoli, 29 August 1915. Court of Inquiry held in the field, 26 April 1916, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 29 August 1915'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HUMPHREYS Cyril |