
CULLEN, Hedley Elbert
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 1 December 1914, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Terowie, South Australia, 8 August 1894 |
Home Town: | Terowie, Goyder, South Australia |
Schooling: | Terowie Public School |
Occupation: | Merchant |
Died: | Died of Wounds (GSW abdomen), Gallipoli, Turkey, 10 August 1915, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Terowie Institute Honour Board, Terowie Public School Honor Roll, Terowie War Memorial, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
Biography
Born 8 August 1894 Terowie, South Australia. (SA Birth Record 1842 - 1906 Book: 549 Page: 82 District: Bur.)
Father William CULLEN (b.25/8/1850 Fordwich, Kent England - d. 24/12/1934 (Age 84) Hawthorn SA)
m.6/5/1871 at Kooringa, South Australia
Mother Caroline Edith (nee RIGGS) b.3/5/1849 Bloxworth, Dorset, England - d. 2/10/1927 Hawthorn SA)
living at Victoria Terrace, Hawthorn, South Australia
1 of 13 children:
Sister Caroline Eva Cullen b. 18/2/1872 & d. 7/9/1875 Kooringa, SA
Sister Sarah Helen Cullen b. 5/9/1873 Kooringa SA - d. 7/10/1927
Brother William Andrew Cullen b. 6/4/1875 Kooringa SA - d. 26/11/1954
Brother Wesley John Cullen b. 12/10/1876 Kooringa SA - d. 3/11/1947
Brother Herbert Richard Cullen b. 8/11/1878 Kooringa SA - d. 22/10/1880
Brother Bernard James Cullen b. 15/12/1880 Kooringa SA - d. 23/3/1962
Sister Ivy Jane Cullen b. 25/1/1883 Terowie SA - d. 1958
Sister Lillian Edith Cullen b. 2/3/1885 Terowie SA - d. 28/3/1965
Brother Herbert Henry Cullen b.18/12/1886 Terowie SA - d. 16/10/1952
Sister Rhonda Louise Cullen b. 23/1/1889 Frome SA - d. 1892 Terowie SA
Sister Leslie Cullen b. 5/10/1890 - d. 1890 Terowie SA
Brother Walter Cullen b. 1892 - d. 1892
HIMSELF Hedley Elbert Cullen b. 8/8/1894 - d. 10/8/1915
Next of kin in service:
3 cousins killed, 5 cousins returned
#184 Vernon Albert Walter RIGGS
#3888 Harold RIGGS
Previous service:
Four years - Senior Cadets - 74th Infantry
1 1/2 years as 2nd Lieutenant
Described on enlisting as 20 years; single; 6' tall; 12 stone; Protestant
16/12/1914 Enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia
19/2/1915 Embarked from Port Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic
as a 2nd Lieutenant with 3rd reinforcements, 10th Infantry Battalion
11/6/1915 Attached to 1st Line Transport, pending transfer, Gallipoli Peninsula
detached for duty with mule car corps and reported seriously wounded, Gallipoli
9/8/1915 bullet wound in abdomen, received in action by a sniper
10/8/1915 died of wounds received in action - on board HS Dongala (21 years & 2 days old)
as a 2nd Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion
buried: At Sea
by: Chaplain T Rees
No known grave
His name is commemorated at Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 32), Gallipoli, Turkey.
He is also commemorated in the Terowie Cemetery, South Australia
Medals:
1914-15 Star (2943); British War medal (9482); Victory medal (9434);
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (355914)
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 8/4/2015. Lest we forget.