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Cedric Holroyd PERMEZEL

ReligionChurch of England
AddressEast Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, E A H Permezel, 350 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 3.5 years in the Citizen Military Forces, latterly as Captain & Adjutant, 58th Infantry (Essendon Rifles).
Enlistment date11 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentCaptain
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 July 1915
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 27), 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
51
Family/military connectionsBrother: Captain Eric George Di Zemblyn PERMEZEL, 5th Bn, returned to Australia, 2 December 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined 7th Bn, Gallipoli, 26 April 1915.

Wounded in action, 12-13 July 1915 (gun shot wound, leg: shattered); taken on board HS 'Gascon', 14 July 1915.

Died of wounds, 2.30 am, 14 July 1915.

Buried at sea, 3 miles off Gaba Tepe.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, PERMEZEL Cedric Holroyd

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