Global InformationList of Australian military personnel killed at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 information
This is a list of notable people who were killed in action during the landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, in Turkey on Sunday, 25 April 1915 while serving with Australian armed forces during World War I.[1] The list is ordered by family name.
According to the historians at the Australian War Memorial,[2] it is generally accepted that the total number of Australian casualties, killed and wounded at Anzac Cove, on 25 April 1915 is something of the order of 2,000 men; and, although no-one can be certain of the precise number, it is generally accepted that something like 650 Australian servicemen were killed in action at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915[3]—and, according to Stanley (2014), the "first wave to land at dawn on 25 April 1915 … came from just six companies of the 9th, 10th and 11th Battalions [of the Australian Imperial Force]" and, of those who landed in that first wave, 101 were killed in action.[4]
| Name | Service Number |
Birthplace | Occupation at Enlistment |
Age at death |
Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balfe, Joseph Rupert | —[5] | Brunswick, Victoria | Fifth year medical student |
25 | Lieutenant, A Company 6th Battalion, First A.I.F.[6] |
| Cordner, Joseph Alan | 180 | Bridgewater On Loddon, Victoria | Clerk | 24 | Private, 6th Battalion, First A.I.F.[7] |
| Crowl, Claude Terrelll | 337 | Stratford, Victoria | Farmer | 22 | Private, 8th Battalion, First A.I.F.[8] |
| Fincher, Charles | 472 | Footscray, Victoria | Engine-driver | 23 | Private, 5th Battalion, First A.I.F.[9] |
| Larkin, Edward Rennix | 321 | North Lambton, N.S.W. | Member of Parliament[10] |
34 | Sergeant, 1st Battalion, First A.I.F.[11] |
| McDonald, Fenley John | 127 | Nagambie, Victoria | Stock and station agent |
23 | Private, 7th Battalion, First A.I.F.[12] |
| Pearce, Arthur Mueller | 418 | Sandhurst (Bendigo) | Clerk | 30 | Corporal, 7th Battalion, First A.I.F.[13] |
| Strahan, William Henry | 199 | Toodyay, Western Australia | Orchardist | 45 | Sergeant, 16th Battalion, First A.I.F.[14][15] |
| Swannell, Blair Inskip | —[5] | Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England |
Not employed | 39 | Major, 1st Battalion, First A.I.F.[16] |
The last surviving individual who had served in any capacity for any of the combatants during the Gallipoli campaign was Alec Campbell (2731).[17] Born in Tasmania on 26 February 1899, Campbell saw action at Gallipoli aged 16 (having given his age at the recruiting office as 18 years 4 months). He died in Tasmania on 16 May 2002, aged 103 years.[18]
- ^ Lane, Daniel, "ANZAC hero Ted Larkin: The greatest sacrifice of all", The Sydney Morning Herald, (18 April 2015).
- ^ Australian War Memorial: Dawn of the Legend: 25 April 1915: The casualties debacle.
- ^ Department of Veterans Affairs: The Anzac Landing at Gallipoli: First to Fall. Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stanley, Peter, Lost Boys of Anzac, NewSouth (UNSW Press), 2014, p.3.
- ^ a b Those given commissions at enlistment were not given "service numbers".
- ^ Main, J. & Allen, D., "Balfe, Rupert", pp.14-16 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Joseph Rupert Balfe; National Archives of Australia: World War I Service Record: Balfe, Joseph Rupert.
- ^ Main, J. & Allen, D., "Cordner, Alan", pp.44-46 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Joseph Alan Cordner (180); National Archives of Australia: World War I Service Record: Joseph Alan Cordner (180)
- ^ Main, J. & Allen, D., "Crowl, Claude", pp.47-48 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Claude Terrell Crowl (337); Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour "Circular": Claude Terrell Crowl (337); National Archives of Australia: World War I Service Record: Claude Terrell Crowl (337).
- ^ Main, J. & Allen, D., "Fincher, Charles", pp.62-64 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Charles Fincher (472); National Archives of Australia: World War I Service Record: Charles Fincher (472).
- ^ He was the Member for Willoughby in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from December 1913 until his death.
- ^ Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Edward Rennix Larkin (321); National Archives of Australia: World War I Service Record: Edward Rennix Larkin (321).
- ^ Main, J. & Allen, D., "McDonald, Fen", pp.119-121 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Fenley John McDonald (127); National Archives of Australia: World War I Service Record: Fenley John McDonald (127).
- ^ Main, J. & Allen, D., "Pearce, Joe", pp. 144–146 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-74095-010-0 National Archives of Australia: World War I Service Record: Arthur Mueller Pearce (418); Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Arthur Mueller Pearce (418).
- ^ Service record: Strahan, William Henry
- ^ The AIF Project: William Henry Strahan.
- ^ National Archives of Australia: World War I Service Record: Blair Inskip Swannell; Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Blair Inskip Swannell.
- ^ The AIF Project: Alexander William Campbell
- ^ Lost Leader of Anzacs: Alec William Campbell: 'the Last Sentinel of Gallipoli'.