Arthur George BANKS

Regimental number10/1405
Date of birth9 July 1888
Place of birthEngland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressOrmond Hotel, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26.5
Height5' 5.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Faithful Banks, Weymouth, England
Enlistment date22 October 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 15 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 75), Gallipoli, Turkey, 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.

Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Faithful Annie Banks, 78 Walpole Street, Weymouth, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Appointed Cook, Gallipoli, 13 May 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1918 (gun shot wound, shoulder, arm and leg) (reported by unit as killed, 8 August 1915), and admitted to HS 'Neuralia', 12 August 1915.

Died at sea, 15 August 1915, en route to Alexandria.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third. Teeth: 'artificial'.
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 22275409

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