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James WISEWOULD

Regimental number984
Place of birthTocumwal, New South Wales
SchoolSparrow's College, Malvern, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressUltima via Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, E W Wisewould, Jindivick near Drouin, Victoria
Enlistment date16 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name23rd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 December 1915
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 65), 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
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Jindivick War Memorial, Victoria.
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1800 Pte Frank WISEWOULD, 46th Bn, returned to Australia, 2 June 1919; 859 Pte Harold WISEWOULD, 23rd Bn, died of disease, 4 December 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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