Archer Gibson Manning

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Mary-Ann Cook who writes:
Regimental number: 549
Place of birth: Tumut, New South Wales
School: Tumut Public School, New South Wales
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Stockman
Address: Chelsea, Dubbo, New South Wales
Marital status: Single
Age at embarkation: 22
Next of kin: Wm. Oke Manning, Chelsea, Dubbo, New South Wales
Enlistment date: 1 September 1914
Rank on enlistment: Private
Unit name: 1st Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number: 10/6/1
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A16 Star Of Victoria on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll: Private
Unit from Nominal Roll: 1st Light Horse Regiment
Fate: Killed in Action 7 August 1915
Age at death: 23
Age at death from cemetery records: 23
Commemoration details The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 1), 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 2
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records
Parents: William Oke and Marian Church MANNING. Native of Tumut, New South Wales
Other details War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
In Memory of Trooper Archer Gibson Manning
549, 1st, Australian Light Horse
who died age 23 on 07 August 1915
Son of William Oke Manning and Marian Church Manning. Native of Tumut, New South Wales.
Remembered with honour
LONE PINE MEMORIAL