Eric Henry ASTLEY

Regimental number4/4A
Date of birth1895
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationUniversity student
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.4
Height5' 8"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Astley, Albert Street, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in the 3rd Auckland Regiment, Territorial; discharged on leaving New Zealand to study in England.
Enlistment date5 October 1914
Place of enlistmentLondon, England
Final rankSapper
Final unitNew Zealand Engineers
FateDied of wounds 23 June 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial, 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: John Edward and Katrina Elizabeth Astley, Hobson Street, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Died at sea of wounds sustained at Gallipoli.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsEnlisted in London; does not appear on NZEF Nominal Roll.
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22271390