Regimental number | 2138 |
Place of birth | Yetminster, England |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Labourer |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 5.25" |
Weight | 135 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs G Guppy, Yetminster, Dorsetshire, England |
Previous military service | Nil; Previously rejected as unfit for service (insufficient chest measurement) |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Wycheproof, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Date of death | |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 28), 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 | 50 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George and Eliza GUPPY, Oak House, Yetminster, Dorset, England |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Taken on strength, C Company, 7th Bn, Gallipoli, 5 August 1915. Wounded in action, Lone Pine, 8-9 August 1915; admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance (gun shot wound, brain), Gallipoli, 9 August 1915; transferred to the Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, 9 August 1915; died of wounds, Hospital Ship, 'Neuralia', 10 August 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, GUPPY Edward Charles |