Written on reverse:
Sergt. Logan
Sapper Gatty
Bugler Sullivan
Moore Park Camp
August 1914
Alexander LOGAN
Regimental number - 34
Religion - Presbyterian
Occupation - Fitter
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 25
Next of kin - C Logan, 21 Lothian Street, Harwich, Scotland
Enlistment date - 31 August 1914
Rank on enlistment - Sergeant
Unit name - 1st Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 14/20/1
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll - Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll - 1st Field Company Engineers
Fate - Returned to Australia 29 July 1915
Leonard James GATTY
Regimental number - 21
Date of birth - 16 April 1895
Place of birth - Pontville, Tasmania
School - Various state schools, Tasmania
Religion - Roman Catholic
Occupation - Fitter
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 19
Height - 5' 6.5"
Weight - 153 lbs
Next of kin - Father, c/o Major J Gatty, Zeehan, Tasmania
Previous military service - Served two and a half years in 90th Bn Senior Cadets; serving in 91st Infantry, Citizen Military Forces at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date - 19 August 1914
Place of enlistment - Sydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment - Sapper
Unit name - 1st Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 14/20/1
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 1st Field Company Engineers
Fate - Killed in Action 6 August 1915
Place of death or wounding - Lone Pine, Gallipoli
Age at death from cemetery records - 20
Place of burial - No known grave
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial - 23
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records - Parents: James and Lucy GATTY, Zeehan, Tasmania. Native of Pontville
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 3 March 1915.
Reported missing, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915.
Court of Inquiry held at Sailly, 22 April 1916, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, German Officers Trench, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 1141004B, 209 Corporal W. CRIDLAND, 1st Field Company Engineers (patient, No 2 Australian General Hospital, Cairo), 1 February 1916; 'Witness and Gatty were in the same coy. Gatty went out in a charge on the German Officer's trench early in August and was killed. His body was seen by the men of his coy on the parapet of the German Officer's trench. It could not be recovered. Witness said that he and Gatty were always together, very good friends. Gatty was only a lad. He was very popular with his mates.'
Second statement, Corporal M. MASTERS, Field Company Engineers (patient, Luna Park Hospital, Heliopolis), 26 January 1916): I knew Gatty, and think he was a Tasmanian. He was about 18. He said he wanted some of the fun, and went out with an infantry section, going out from Steel's Post to the German Officers' trench. He said he was going to see his father, and was going to have a go himself. Some of our chaps said they could see his body lying in front of our trenches; they could distinguish his purple badge. There were some 200 of our chaps lying there and no hope of getting them in. I never heard anything more about him. I helped to make the cross on the beach, which was put up to commemorate fallen comrades, and which appeared in the "Sydney Mail" of 1.12.15, and I suggested Gatty's name should be added, but we could get no official authority for doing so.'
Third statement, 863/333 Sapper J.G. HIRCOLL, 1st Field Company Engineers (patient, 4th Australian General Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales), 6 June 1916: 'Early in august, a party of the 1st Field Coy. were ordered to take part in an attack against the German Officers' trench. Gatty at that time was engaged in parapet work, and a few minutes before the attack began, Gatty came up to the party and said he wanted to join in as "they had all the fun". Informant and others tried to dissuade him, but he joined in the charge. Next day Informant saw his body lying in front of the trench. Gatty was young (about 18), medium height, stout build, fair complexion.'
Gregory SULLIVAN
Regimental number - 155
Place of birth - Auburn, New South Wales
Religion - Roman Catholic
Occupation - Blacksmith
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 19
Next of kin - Father, D Sullivan, Highgate Street, Auburn, Cumberland, England
Previous military service - 5th Field Company Engineers
Enlistment date - 19 August 1914
Rank on enlistment - Bugler
Unit name - 1st Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 14/20/1
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 1st Field Company Engineers
Fate - Returned to Australia 8 October 1918
