ISTED, William
| Service Number: | 125 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Scone, New South Wales, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds - gunshot wound to the leg, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 16 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 35, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Scone Barwick House War Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 125, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 125, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 125, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 125, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the leg and evacuated to Egypt | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 125, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 125 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-16 |
Dead Man's Ridge Casualty
William Isted
Born on 2 July 1892 in Mayfield, Sussex, England. He was the fourth son of John Isted & Fanny Wells & was educated at Saint Philip's School, Burwash Weald
His obituary states – "he emigrated to Australia in 1912 & initially settled at an up-country station in Cootamundra, NSW working as a farm hand, later returning to Sydney where he took up a situation at Mr. Morgan's, Torrilla, Scone"
He enlisted in the AIF in Sydney on 22 August 1914 & was allocated at 125 Trooper with the 1st Light Horse Regiment's, A Squadron, though was also a Baritone Horn player in the Regimental Band upon its formation in September
The Regiment embarked for the Middle East from Sydney, on board HMAT (A16) Star of Victoria on 20 October 1914, disembarking in Egypt on 8 December where they conducted training & garrison duties in the desert, before taking part in the North African Campaign defending the Suez Canal, 26 Jan–4 Feb 1915 from a German-led Ottoman Army force advancing from Southern Palestine. Substantial Ottoman forces crossed the Sinai Peninsula, but their attack failed – mainly because of strongly held defences & alert allied defenders
The well-trained Light Horsemen converted into infantrymen at three days' notice & sometime prior to their departure for Gallipoli, he was allocated to A Squadron, A Troop under command of Lieutenant Garnet Edmund Iles Tinson
On 9 May they were bound for the Dardanelles & after a brief stay at Lemnos Island, disembarked at Anzac Cove Gallipoli, under fire at around 6am on the morning of the 12th where they were allocated to take up positions at Pope's Post alongside the 2nd Light Horse who were allocated to Quinns's Post
During the night of 6/7 August, William was wounded in action with a gunshot wound to his L/leg at Dead Man's Ridge where his Troop Commander, Lieut Tinson was also mortally wounded
William was evacuated back to Egypt & admitted to Hospital at Heliopolis where he sadly passed away on the 16th as a result of his GSW
He was interred at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Row D. Grave 35, unlike the majority of his comrades who were killed on the peninsular & were buried in mass graves
Submitted 7 August 2024 by James Coleman
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Isted and Mrs Isted
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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