Regimental number | 1959 |
Place of birth | Semaphore, South Australia |
School | Public School, Glenelg, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Shearer |
Address | c/o Mrs C Moraday, 30 Roe Street, South Fremantle, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 160 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Kate Falkner, Scarboro Street, Glenelg, South Australia |
Previous military service | Rejected from enlistment in the Navy on account of being short sighted in one eye |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Perth, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 35), 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 | 65 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in St Jude's Church of England Cemetery, Brighton, South Australia. Name given on headstone as Reginald Hutchinson FALKNER. Parents: Samuel William and Eliza Catherine FALKNER, 68 Hector Terrace, Glenelg, South Australia |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Freemantle on HMAT "Hororata" for Egypt, 26 April 1915. Taken on strength of 12th Battalion from reinforcements, Gallipoli, 16 June 1915. Reported missing in action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915. Court of Inquiry held on 5 June 1916 proclaimed fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915'. MSBV |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FALKNER Reginald |