Arthur BAUCHOP

Regimental number9/534
Date of birthFebruary 1871
Place of birthPort Chalmers
ReligionChurch of England
AddressSt Clair, Dunedin
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Height5' 10"
Weight178 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Bauchop, c/o D Hines, Chatham, near Canterbury, England
Previous military serviceServed in the 4th, 7th and 8th Contingents, South African War.
Enlistment date31 August 1914
Place of enlistmentDunedin
Rank on embarkationLieutenant-Colonel
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLieutenant Colonel
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


'Has shown considerable resource in perfecting the defence of that portion of the line immediately under his command. He was wounded on 4th July but returned the next day to duty and has remained in command ever since.'
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 5 November 1915.

FateDied of wounds 10 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel No 72), 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
Parents: Robert and Maria Bauchop, Port Chalmers, Dunedin; Wife: Mary J.E. Bauchop, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Slightly wounded, Anzac, 4 July 1915.

Wounded in action, 7 August 1915 (gun shot wound, spine); admitted to HS 'Delta', 8 August 1915.

Died at sea, 10 August 1915, of wounds sustained at Gallipoli.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805