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Mure Robertson FARQUHAR

Regimental number735
Place of birthMaryborough, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGrazier
Address8 Boyle Street, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 8"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinMrs Margaret Wallace Farquhar, 8 Boyle Street, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Wide Bay Regiment, Bundagerg and the Maryborough Regiment
Enlistment date26 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 61), 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
85
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Gordon and Margaret Wallace FARQUHAR, Lakes Creek, Queensland. Native of Bundaberg.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 16 August 1915.

Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 21-25 August 1915.

Reported missing in action following action at Hill 60, Gallipoli, 22 August 1915.

Court of Inquiry held at Tel el Kebir pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 22 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, FARQUHAR Mure Robertson

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