Regimental number | 1443 |
Place of birth | Warwick, Queensland |
School | Warwick West Boys' School, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Palmerine Street, Warwick, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 32 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 134 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, Miss Mabel L Vanza, Palmerine Street, Warwick, Queensland |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Lismore, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/26/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death | 32 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
Place of burial | At sea |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 32), 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 | 57 |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1230A Trooper Cisero VANZA, 3rd Double Squadron, returned to Australia, 2 September 1916; 221 Pte Vincent VANZA, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, discharged 14 October 1914. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Joined 9th Bn at Gallipoli, 2 May 1915. Wounded in action, 14 September 1915 (gun shot wound, head), and admitted to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance; transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, and then to Hospital Ship. Died of wounds on board HS 'Nevasa', 14 September 1915. Buried at sea by Chaplain C. Cole Hamilton. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, VANZA Frederick Camillus Diogenes |