Arthur ARROWSMITH

Regimental number2/1385
Date of birth10 May 1890
Place of birthBurton-on-Trent, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address459 Durham Street, Christchurch
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 10"
Weight162 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Arrowsmith, 458 Anglesea Road, Burton-on-Trent, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 February 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force. 4th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
New Zealand Field Artillery, 4th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships ('Willochra' and 'Knight Templar'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 28 July 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial Panel No 72), 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: Jane Arrowsmith, 458 Anglesey Road, Burton-on-Trent, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined unit attached to NZ Engineers for duty, Anzac Cove, 8 July 1915.

Killed in action while attached to Ordnance Depot, 28 July 1915.

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