Regimental number | 155 |
Place of birth | Cobrico, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Cobrico via Camperdown, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, William Cole, Cobrico, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A16 Star of Victoria on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 15 September 1914; taken on strength 8th LH Regt. 1 December 1914; wounded Gallipoli 26 May 1915 and mortally 7 August 1915. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | The Nek, Gallipoli |
Age at death | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 6), 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 | 6 |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 156 Pte Dyson Frederick COLE, 8th Light Horse Regiment, died of wounds, 7 August 1915; 1544 Pte Alywin Arnold Isaiah COLE, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 18 February 1918; 88 Pte Nicholas Robert COLE, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 13 October 1918; 485 Pte Ernest Hext COLE, 1st Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 13 October 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |