Regimental number | 792 |
Place of birth | Tweed Heads, New South Wales |
School | Point Danger Public School, Tweed Heads. NSW |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Postal assistant |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, T Hamilton Smith, Tweed Heads, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 15th Battalion, E Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/32/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 15th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He took part in the landing at Gallipoli on April 25 as Private in 15th Battalion was made Corporal on May 9th was promoted to Sergeant on May 29th after the bayonet charge at Quinn's Post and on June 20th was transferred from No 9 to No 17 Platoon C Coy 15th Batt and given the position as Platoon Sergeant. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Given name John Carlisle |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 19.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 44), 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 | 77 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas adn allison SMITH, "St. Bees), Boyd Street, Tweed Heads, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |