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Donald Neville CADOUX

Regimental number201
Place of birthLeicester, England
ReligionBaptist
OccupationEngineer and farmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 6"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinFather, C Cadoux, Woodland Avenue, Melton Mowbray, England
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years (as Corporal) in 1st Volunteer Bn, Leicester Regiment; 1 year in 2nd Volunteer Bn, Gloucester Regiment: in both cases resuigned.
Enlistment date21 August 1914
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Field Ambulance, C Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Ambulance
FateKilled in Action 3 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 69), 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
182
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Susan CADOUX. Native of Leicester, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 2 March 1915.

Killed in action, 3 May 1915.

Buried at sea off Gallipoli, from SS 'Gascon'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CADOUX Donald Neville

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