LONE PINE MEMORIAL, GALLIPOLI
The purpose of this Memorial is expressed in the inscription carved in the centre of the screen wall before the Memorial: -
"To the Glory of God and in lasting memory of 3,268 Australian soldiers who fought on Gallipoli in 1915 and have no known graves, and 456 New Zealand soldiers whose names are not recorded in other areas of the Peninsula but who fell in the Anzac Area and have no know graves; and also of 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who, fighting on Gallipoli in 1915, incurred mortal wounds or sickness and found burial at Sea."
This Memorial records the names of all New Zealand soldiers who fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula and were buried at sea, and of those who fell in the Anzac Area prior to the fighting in August, 1915, and have no known graves. Memorials recording the names of other New Zealand soldiers who fell on the Peninsula and have no known graves are erected in Chunuk Bair, Hill 60, and Twelve Tree Copse Cemeteries. The four Mounted Rifle Regiments have 101 names on the Lone Pine Memorial; the four Infantry Regiments 564 (307 of whom fell on land before 3rd May)' the Maori Contingent three; the Field Artillery 13; the Engineers 23; and the Medical Corps four.
The Memorial is built of limestone from the Ulgar Dere quarries. It stands at the East end of the Lone Pine Cemetery. It is a massive pylon in plain ashlar, about 45 ft. square in plan and 47 ft. high. The names of the Australian dead are carved on panels of Hopton Wood stone, let into the screen wall in front of the Memorial; and those of the New Zealand dead appear on similar panels on the Memorial itself.
THE LAND OCCUPIED AS BRITISH WAR CEMETERIES IN THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA IS, TOGETHER WITH THE AREA KNOWN AS THE "ANZAC AREA", ASSURED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE TREATY OF LAUSANNE FOR THE PERPETUAL RESTING PLACE OF THOSE WHO ARE LAID THERE.
PLEASE NOTE:
FULL CREDIT FOR THIS WORK BELONGS TO THE OFFICES OF BRITISH COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES, LONDON
NEXT OF KIN REQUIRING FURTHER INFORMATION SHOULD WRITE TO:
THE OFFICE OF AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES,
C/- DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
WODEN. A.C.T. 2606
YOU WILL FIND THEM TO BE EXTREMELY COURTEOUS, UNDERSTANDING AND HELPFUL.
ISBN: 978-0-908492-94-7
A4 Tape Bound - 45 pages
Pic: Lone Pine Cemetery and Memorial
