Regimental number | 160 |
Place of birth | Bowral, New South Wales |
School | Public school, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Railway Crescent, Bowral, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 153 lbs |
Next of kin | Mrs Catherine Lenton, Railway Crescent, Bowral, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 2 years in Senior Cadets; 6 weeks in the Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Townsville, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Lance Corporal |
Unit name | 15th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/32/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 15th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 47), 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 | 76 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Joseph and Catherine LENTON, 32 Bathurst Street, Woollahra, New South Wales. Native of Bowral |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Cairns, Queensland, for Garrison Duty, Thursday Island; enlisted, 14 August 1914; embarked Thursday Island on board HT 'Kanowna', to take part in capture of German New Guinea, and taken on strength of Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force; ship forced to return to Townsville on account of trouble caused by ship's firemen; did not participate in capture of German New Guinea; discharged, 17 September 1914; eligible for British War Medal. Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915. Reported missing, 8 August 1915. Court of Enquiry, Serapeum, 6-8-20 April 1916, concluded: 'Killed in action, 8 August 1915.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LENTON James Henry |