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Lieut. G.C. Mayne,
Canterbury Mtd. Rfls, NZEF.
KIA 8 Aug 1915 aged 30. |
Information
being sought for records
The
Razor Edge and Sphinx, Anzac
|
Capt. R.M.F. Hooper,
5th Battalion, AIF.
KIA 9 Aug 1915 aged 26. |
Below
are some of the main elements we are still trying to locate for inclusion in
the database
of Anzacs who died at Gallipoli:
Photographs:
For some officers we still have no photograph. Even when we know where
photos are to be found, these are often in newspapers and of extremely poor
quality, especially after being photocopied from microfilm. In some cases they
are too small, or too dark to photocopy.
For some we have not been able to locate even a photograph in a newspaper.
Should anybody have a photo of an Anzac who died at Gallipoli, or know the location
of such a photo, we would greatly appreciate a copy for inclusion in the database.
Please contact John Meyers or Bryn Dolan and, with your permission, arrangements
could be made to have this done.
(Contact details at foot of this Page)
Details from official certificates:
While in many cases we know the number of the birth certificate of those who eventually
became officers, we do not have the actual certificates. Should anybody have the
birth, marriage or (if the soldier died in Australia) death certificate, or details
from the wills of these soldiers, we would also greatly appreciate hearing from
you. We currently have no details at all on birth certificates of those soldiers
born in Scotland.
Soldiers who died after returning to Australia or New Zealand:
Though we have found some, there must be more soldiers who were wounded or became
ill at Gallipoli and died after their return home, as the result of those wounds
or illness. This is one of the more difficult areas to pin down, as it would of
course be quite possible to argue that ANY wound or illness sustained would probably
eventually cause death earlier than it would have occurred otherwise. For this
reason, we have set the cut-off year for my investigating such cases as 1920,
unless a member of the family approaches us with information. As an example,
see the record for Lieutenant-Colonel R.E. Courtney, who died of illness attributed
to his Gallipoli service, in Melbourne, in 1919. Another, similar case that has
recently come to my attention is that of Chaplain Dore, of the NZEF. This has
been confirmed, and Chaplain Dore's name will be added to the list soon.
Any other
information relating to an Anzac who died at Gallipoli or his family.
The information contained on this web site represents only a fraction of that
contained in the database on Anzacs killed at Gallipoli. For one thing, it lists
the officers only.
The underlying database, on which this web site is based, contains ALL those
soldiers killed at, or as a result of their service on, the Gallipoli Peninsula,
including deaths among prisoners of war and those that died at sea, in Greece,
Egypt, Malta, Gibraltar and England. Information on officers tends to be more
detailed, mainly because 'officers' is a much smaller subset of the whole, and
therefore easier to concentrate on, and because newspapers of the day tended
(but not always) to include more information about officers. Even so, it tends
to be extremely difficult to locate information on some individuals.
Nevertheless, after researching since 1985, the one thing we are confident of
is this: there is always more information somewhere. Finding where it's located
is the only real problem.
Any information, corrections, suggestions? We can be contacted
at:
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