Charles Leslie MACDERMOTT

Regimental number879
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShunter
AddressNewcommon Street, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 7.5"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinBrother, E H MacDermott, Bantes Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in K Company, 1st Bn, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date29 August 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 18), 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
33
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2288 Sergeant William Edward Hugh MACDERMOTT, 19th Bn, killed in action, 14 November 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to No 2 General Hospital, Cairo, 1 May 1915 (nose); transferred to Convalescent Camp, Zeitoun, 15 May 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 2 June 1915.

Wounded, 8 August 1915.

Court of Enquiry, 24 May 1916, concluded: 'Killed in action, 8 August 1915.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as McDERMOTT.
SourcesNAA: B2455, MACDERMOTT Charles Leslie