Nicholas Colin STICHBURY

Regimental number6/729
Date of birth29 September 1879
Place of birthSheffield, Canterbury
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBaker and confectioner
AddressWellington
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 9.5"
Weight161.5 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs N C Stichbury, Howick, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in the 5th and 8th New Zealand Contingents, South African (Boer) War: discharged on disbandment of units.
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentReefton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Tahiti' and 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 14 August 1915
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel No 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
Wife: Mrs N.C. Stichbury, Russell Street, Gisborne
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Wounded in action, 7 August 1915 (gun shot wound, neck).

Died at sea on board HS 'Aquitania' between Mudros and England.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agebcy AABK, Series 18805

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