Martin Wattie MULLOY

Regimental number10/784
Date of birth18 November 1895
Place of birthKorito, Taranaki
SchoolKorito Public School; New Plymouth High School
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBank clerk
AddressHawera
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.9
Height5' 10"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinFather, Martin Mulloy, Korito Road, New Plymouth
Previous military service11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles)
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankLance Sergeant
Final unit11th Taranaki Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Other detailsJoined the Bank of New South Wales, New Plymouth branch, 17 January 1912. Transferred to Hawera branch, July 1912.
FateKilled in Action 27 April 1915
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 75), 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: Martin and Jeannie Mulloy
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Appointed Lance Sergeant, 11 January 1915.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Killed in action by enemy machine gun fire, Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli, 27 April 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 299.
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21378507

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