Gilbert John JOHNSTON

Regimental number13/821
AddressPirongia, Waikato
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Ernest Alfred Johnston, Waitara, Taranaki
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of disease 30 August 1915
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 71), 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: Fanny J Johnston, Waitara, Taranaki
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Died of disease at sea ex-Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Third

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