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Unit |
8th Battalion,
Headquarters |
Rank |
Lieutenant Colonel |
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Date of Enlistment |
19 August
1914 |
Service no. |
- |
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Date of Death |
8 May 1915 |
Place of Death |
2nd
Battle of Krithia |
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Age |
52 |
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Cemetery |
Redoubt |
Details |
I. B. 21. |
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Epitaph |
Behind
all shadows standeth God |
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Next of Kin |
(Wife)
GARTSIDE Eliza |
Address |
Rockbank,
88 Cunningham St, Westgarth VIC |
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Parents |
James
Gibson and Frances Mary Gartside (Nee Bowen) |
Address |
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Date of Birth |
2 May
1862 |
Place of birth |
VIC
Gisborne |
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General |
Colonel McNicoll, after being knocked
down by a bullet as he rose from the Tommies’ Trench, was seriously
wounded 250 Yards further on. Captain Borwick was hit, and hit again as
he lay on the ground. After 400 yards Colonel Gartside* of the
7th was mortally wounded. Lieutenants Pozzi and Dangerfield of Borwick’s
company, were killed and Captain Lowe wounded, but Major Bennett was
still untouched. * Gartside
is said to have been rising to lead a further rush, saying “Come on,
boys, I know it’s deadly, but we must get on,” when he was struck in the
abdomen by machine-gun bullets.
The Official History of Australia
in the war of 1914-1918, BEAN, C E W, The Story of Anzac, volume 2, 11th
edition, page 31, The Struggle for Krithia. (source 1) |
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Other Sources |
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Photo |
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Gallipoli Heroes – a tribute to the men from Western Victoria
who gave their lives for their country, page 47 (source
19) |
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Photo |
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The Age Newspaper, 24 May 1915, page 11 (source 44) |
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Photo |
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The Argus Newspaper, 24 May 1915, page 7 (source 42) |
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Photo |
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The Australasian Newspaper, 29 May 1915, page ii
(source 31) |
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Photo |
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Australian War Memorial, P02275.003, (source 7) |
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Photo |
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For Empire. Australia's Rally to the Dear Old Flag.
Victoria's First Expeditionary Force to the Motherland, page
4
(source 100) |
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Photo |
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Ballarat Advertiser
Newspaper, 24 May 1915, page 5
(source 101) |
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Photo |
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Australian Light Horse Studies Centre
(source 205) |
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Photo |
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The The British Australasian Newspaper, 25 November 1915, page
7
(source 345) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Age
Newspaper, 26 May 1915, page 13 (source 44) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Age
Newspaper, 24 May 1915, page 11 (source 44) |
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Newspaper article |
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The
Melbourne Herald Newspaper, 22 May 1915, page 8 (source
95) |
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Newspaper article |
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Ballarat
Advertiser Newspaper,
24 May 1915, page 5 (source
101) |
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Newspaper article |
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Ballarat
Advertiser Newspaper,
25 May 1915, page 5 (source
101) |
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Newspaper article |
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Ballarat
Advertiser Newspaper,
27 May 1915, page 5 (source
101) |
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Headstone |
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Gallipoli Photographic Expedition, 2009 (source 183) |
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Notes |
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Gallipoli
Heroes – a tribute to the men from Western Victoria who gave
their lives for their country. MASSEY, Graeme, page 47
(source 19) |
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Notes |
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WALKER, R W, To what end did they die? Officers died at
Gallipoli, page 111
(source 127) |
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Various |
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Harcourt War Memorial, VIC (source 14) |
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Various |
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Harcourt War Memorial, VIC (source 14) |
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Various |
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Australian War Memorial, ACT, Panel 53 (source 14) |
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