Glyndwr Montague Whalan

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Glyndwr Montagu WHALAN
Regimental number 1336
Place of birth Oberon, New South Wales
School New South Wales
Religion Methodist
Occupation Labourer
Address Bracondale, Oberon, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 25
Next of kin Father, Alfred Samuel Whalan, Bracondale, Oberon, New South Wales
Previous military service Nil
Enlistment date 8 March 1915
Date of Enlistment from Nominal Roll 2 March 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 18th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/35/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 18th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 22 August 1915
Place of death or wounding Hill 60, Gallipoli
Age at death 20
Commemoration details The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 63), 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 87
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: Alfred Samuel and Agatha Josephine WHALAN.
AIF connections Brother: Alfred Harper Whalan, No. 255, 49th Battalion, killed 3rd September 1916, somewhere in France, M.M Brother: Corporal Richard Percy Whalan, killed in action, somewhere in France.
Other details War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victoria, Australiatory Medal
Name: WHALAN, GLYNDWR MONTAGUE
Initials: G M
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Private
Regiment: Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Unit Text: 18th Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 22/08/1915
Service No: 1336
Additional information: of Alfred Samuel Whalan, of Mandurama, New South Wales, and the late Agatha Josephine Whalan. Native of Oberon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 63.
Cemetery: LONE PINE MEMORIAL [Phoenix family tree.ged]