| Regimental number | 166 |
| Place of birth | Goulburn New South Wales |
| School | King's College, Goulburn, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Bank clerk |
| Address | Churchill, Goulburn, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 19 |
| Height | 5' 9.5" |
| Weight | 151 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, William Gale, Churchill, Goulburn, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Served for 2 years in the 16th Infantry and the light horse |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Randwick, New South Wales |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 2nd Battalion, B Company |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/19/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Battalion |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, 21 November 1911 (Bathurst Street, Sydney, branch). Transferred to Southern branch, Sydney, December 1911; to Wollongong branch, 20 March 1912; to Newcastle West branch, 1 June 1914. |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
| Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 16), 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 | 32 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Blanche GALE, "Glengarrah", Lagoon Street, Goulburn, New South Wales |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Sydney, 18 October 1914. Embarked Alexandria to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915. Appointed lance corporal, Lemnos, 8 April 1915. Reported missing, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915. Court of Enquiry held onboard HMT Z23, 24 March 1916, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 141. |
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