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George Herbert GREENWOOD

Regimental number287
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
Address1319 Dana Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 7.5"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinFather, Abraham Greenwood, 1319 Dana Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets, for 2 years in the 71st Regiment and Australian Army Service Corps
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentBallarat, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentLSGT
Unit name8th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A24 Benalla on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Date of death25 April 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 30), 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
53
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Abraham and Sarah GREENWOOD, 1319 Dana Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

Reported wounded in action, Gallipoli, 24 May 1915.

Court of Inquiry held in the field, 16 October 1915, pronounced fate as 'killed or prisoner of war, Gallipoli, 24 May 1915'.

Court of Inquiry held at Rouen, 3 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, on or about 25 April 1915'; verdict confirmed by General W R Birdwood, 23 September 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GREENWOOD George Herbert

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