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Albert Alfred Charles McGOWAN

Regimental number1995
Place of birthWyalong, New South Wales
SchoolCobar Public School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressPortland, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs F Hilger, c/o Mrs. P. Chadwick, Willewa Creek, Portland, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll"nonr"
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Place of death or woundingLone Pine, Gallipoli
Age at death18.8
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 15), 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
30
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Charles and Sarah MCGOWAN, 171 Arundle Street, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Wyalong, New South Wales

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