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Robert PENNINGTON

Regimental number2155
Place of birthPort Adelaide South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationContractor
AddressEric Street, Como, South Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMrs A Pennington, Como, South Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Military District 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board TRANSPORT A7 Medic on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column
FateDied of wounds 10 July 1915
Place of burialAt Sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel II), 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
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Mrs M. PENNINGTON, Albert Park, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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