Anzac Profile
Educational Interest
Mountain,
Arthur Henry Torres
Lieut. 16th Infantry Bn. KIA 27.4.1915 Gallipoli. Age 22 years.
| Date Enlisted | 18/09/1914 |
| Service Number | SN /Commission 2nd Lieut. 20.11.1914 |
| Age of Enlistment | 21 years 7 months |
| Previous Military Experience | West Australian Infantry Regt. (WAIR) 20.10.1910- 2.1913 as T/ Cpl. 88th Perth Infantry 2013 – Cpl Depot. Promoted to 2nd Lieut. April 1914 |
| Occupation | Mercantile Clerk |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Religion | Church of England |
| School Attended | Guildford Grammar School |
| Address History | Camp Blackboy Hill. Father - Arthur Henry Mountain (JP), Gregory Street, Geraldton, WA |
| Cause of Death or Invalided |
KIA (Killed in Action) |
Military History
On 21.11.1915 the 16th Bn. left Perth for Broadmeadows, Victoria for further training.
Embarked Melbourne per HMAT ‘Ceramic’ A40 for Egypt 22.12.1914.
Roll Rank Lieut. (2nd)
Roll Unit ‘D’ Coy, 16th Battalion, AIF
Mountain left Melbourne with the 16th Bn. and arrived at Albany on 27.11.1916. He disembarked at Alexandria 3.2.1915 and entrained for Heliopolis. The 16th Bn. underwent a period of intensive training. They entrained to Alexandria, joined the MEF and embarked for Gallipoli. The 16th Bn. landed at Gallipoli 25.4.1915. The Bn. dug in at Pope’s Hill and remained there for 5 days under intense fire (16th Bn. AIF Gallipoli -Anzac site). Mountain was listed KIA 25th -28th April 1915. His death was finally recorded as KIA 27.4.1915. No burial site or body was recovered. Mountain is Commemorated at Lone Pine Memorial (panel 50), Gallipoli Peninsula, Cannakkale Province, Turkey.
Final Rank Lieut. 16th Infantry Bn. AIF
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes Mountain enlisted with the 88th Infantry as a Private and was appointed to 2nd Lieut. when 22 years of age in 1903 (Daily News 5.5.1919)
Mountain was known as Torres by his family (Geraldton Guardian and Express 22.3.1934)
Mountain had a brother Private (SN 3546) Hubert Victor who served in the 10th Light Horse Regt. and returned
Photos HMAT Ceramic. Photographer Josiah Barnes , photograph source AWM PB0284A
Troops being towed ashore at Gallipoli April 1915. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM A02781
Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli 1936. Photograph donor J.Richter, photograph source AWM P02768.007
Information Source
AWM PB0284A. HMAT Ceramic. Photographer Josiah Barnes , photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM G01852. Pope's Hill Cemetery 1919. Photograph made by James W.H. & Swanston W.H. photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM P02768.007. Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli 1936. Photograph donor J.Richter, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Autralian War Memorial
AWM 16th Bn. AIF at ANZAC, Gallipoli http://www.Anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/s_sixteenth.html
AWM Roll of Honour – Arthur Henry Torres Mountain
Daily News
Geraldton Guardian and Express
Guildford Grammar School Honour Roll
Guildford Grammar School War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Unknown
Gregory Street, Geraldton, WA.
Associated Images
Lieut. A.H.T Mountain. Photo source Sunday Times 9.5.1915 p3
Arthur Henry Torre Mountain. Photo source unknown
HMAT Ceramic. Photographer Josiah Barnes , photograph source AWM PB0284A
Troops being towed ashore at Gallipoli April 1915. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM A02781
Pope's Hill Cemetery 1919. Photograph made by James W.H. & Swanston W.H. Photograph source AWM G01852
Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli 1936. Photograph donor J.Richter, photograph source AWM P02768.007