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Horace Leslie GREY

Regimental number1948
Place of birthTarnagulla, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressTarnagulla, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 6"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Grey, Dunolly, Victoria
Enlistment date18 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTarnagulla, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateDied of wounds --/08/1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Precise date of death not recorded on Nominal Roll.
Date of death1 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 41), 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
72
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: W.A. And Sarah GREY, Bowman Street, Maryborough, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1959 Pte Devonshire Dickson GREY MM, 6th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 Martch 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 1 August 1915.

Court of Inquiry held at Rouen, 25 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'died (cause not stated) during the month of August 1915, Gallipoli'; confirmed by Lieutenant General W R Birdwood, 23 September 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GREY Horace Leslie

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