Isaac Charles GOSSET

Regimental number8/1245
Date of birth25 November 1889
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Address61 Papanui Road, Christchurch
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 11.75"
Weight167 lbs
Next of kinFather, Archdeacon Gosset, 61 Papanui Road, Christchurch
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 October 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 2 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
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: Charles Hilgrove Gosset and Helen Low Gosset, 195 Antigua Street, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

Missing,1-23 May 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 20 January 1916, concluded: 'Missing, now believed to be killed at Dardanelles 2nd May 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Second
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16787514

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