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Allan St Clair GALVIN

Regimental number512
Place of birthTarcutta New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressTarcutta, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height6' 1.25"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas George Galvin, Tarcutta, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for six months in the Australian Coronation Contingent and 1 year in the Senior Cadets
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 06-12 August 1915
Date of death11 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 20), 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
36
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Sydney, 20 October 1914.

Embarked Alexandria to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915.

Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, Gallipoli, 3 July 1915; discharged to duty, 3 July 1915.

Reported missing, Gallipoli, 6-12 August 1915.

Court of Enquiry held in the field, 5 June 1916, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 6-12 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GALVIN Allan St Clair

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