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LAMBERT, Frank Arnold
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1380, 1271 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Creswick Victoria Australia, 4 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Creswick, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Creswick State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 17 May 1915, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Grave 2011 , Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Creswick Honor Roll, Creswick School Pictorial Roll of Honour, Creswick War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1380, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1380, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1380, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 17 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1271, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1271 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
It is not known when Henry Lambert was wounded at Gallipoli but he died of gunshot wounds to his spine and pneumonia at Alexandra in Egypt on 17 May 1915.
Of his brothers, 25-year-old 1374 Private Henry Alfred Lambert, 5th Battalion AIF was killed in action a few days before at Krithia 8-12 May 1915.
23-year-old 1577 Private William Joseph Lambert, 7th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Lone Pine 8-9 August 1915.
24 years old on enlisting, 1344 Private Albert Lambert, 39th Battalion AIF returned to Australia, 12 May 1919.
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