Seymour William PEAD

Regimental number496
Place of birthGeraldton, Western Australia
SchoolState School, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
Address118 Broome Street, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Pead, 118 Broome Street, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date5 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 March 1915
Place of enlistmentGuildford, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name28th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 29 June 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A36 on 12 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularA member of A.W. Canning's second expedition, 1908-10, to equip the Canning Stock Route, Western Australia.
FateDied of wounds 22 September 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death40
Place of burialAt Sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 23), 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
114
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsTrue name: Seymour William Agustus PEAD