LANDAMAN, Albert Edward
| Service Numbers: | 3260, 3260A |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 6 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Narara Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 14 September 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3260, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3260, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 14 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3260A, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3260A awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-09-14 |
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Albert Edward LANDAMAN was born on 6th December, 1888, in Sydney NSW
His parents were Charles LANDAMAN/LINDEMAN and Amy WILLIS
Albert was first married to a Lillian Rose JEFFRIES & had two children in Western Australia, Dallas Jeffires Baxter LANDAMAN b. 1910 and Edith Constance Fowler LANDAMAN b. 1912.
On 8th January , 1912 in Western Australia he married Barbara BIRD at the Presbyterian Church, Kelleberrin, WA - Barbara was from Abberlady in East Lothian in Scotland. - the had one son Edward Charles b. 1914
He enlisted on the 18th September, 1915 with the Australian Army - he was with the 17th Battalion, 7th Reinforcements - Unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Suevic on 20th December, 1915
In Feburary, 1916 he was transferred to the 55th Battalion, & in March to the 5th Pioneer Battalion. He arrived in France on the Western Front in June 1916 & on 12th July was appointed as Lance Corporal. He was awarded the Military Medal on 13th August, 1916 for rescue work he performed at Pettilon, France on 21st & 22nd July, 1916. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal in October,1916 and Sergeant on 4th April, 1917.
Albert was Killed in Action in the Field at Ypres, Belgium on 14th September, 1917 - his body was never found & he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial & the Australian War Memorial. He was awarded the Military Medal, British war Medal & the Victory Medal.
Extract from London Gazette relating to the conspicuous services rendered by the undermentioned
AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL - "His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the field to the undermentioned non commissioned officer - No. 3260 Lance Corporal, Albert Edward LANDAMAN"
For further details see the AIF Project link and others on the left of page
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Sydney Morning Herald, 14th September, 1920
LANDAMAN.- In loving memory of my dear husband and my daddy, Sergeant Albert Edward Landaman, MM, Killled in Action at Ypres, Belgium on September, 14, 1917 - Inserted by his loving Wife & Son.
LANDAMAN.- In loving memory of my dear son, Sergeant Albert Edward Landaman, M.M. killed in action at Ypres, Sept 14, 1917. Inserted by his loving Mother.
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Biography contributed by John Oakes
Albert Edward LANDAMAN (Service Number 3260A) was born in Sydney on 6th December 1888. He joined the NSW Government Railways and Tramways as a tram conductor in Sydney in September 1913. In September 1915 he was released from duty to join the AIF in Sydney.
He embarked from Sydney in December 1915 with reinforcements. He was sent first to Egypt, where in February 1916 he was allotted to the 55th Battalion and ‘taken on strength’ by them at Tel-el-Kebir. In March, however, he was transferred to the 5th Pioneer Battalion, and proceeded with them to France in June 1916. He was made Lance Corporal in July.
In August was awarded the Military Medal for rescue work he did after the Battle of Fromelles. His citation is:
‘At Petillon on the night of 21st/22nd July 1916, Lance Corporal Eggington and Lance Corporal Landaman volunteered for rescue work in “NO MANS’ LAND”, and went out with a party under Company Sergeant Major Gaylor. The locality was scoured over a frontage of 600 yards and though not any wounded were discovered the party brought in two Lewis Guns, many rifles and a quantity of equipment and dead men’s effects. This work was carried out under continuous enemy machine gun and rifle fire.’
He was promoted to Corporal in October. At the end of the year he had some dental work done by the Field Ambulance.
In March 1917 he was promoted to Lance Sergeant, and to Sergeant in April. Late in August he was given a fortnight’s leave in the United Kingdom. He re-joined his unit on 7th September.
He was killed in action on 14th September 1917. He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial. War pensions were granted to his widow and young son.
There is an interesting postscript. In 1953, Landaman’s widow Barbara was living in poverty. She was aged 73, not remarried, and alone. She had lived for the past two years in a concrete-floored egg-packing shed, next to a fowl yard, which was 30 yards walk from a bathroom.
She was rehoused by the War Widows’ Guild at Drummoyne with seven other elderly widows from the Great War. They were widows whose living conditions were the worst and who had no-one else to help them. They were selected from over 200 applicants for the flatettes in a two-storey house converted for the purpose by the Guild: Sunday Herald, 27/9/1953; Sydney Morning Herald, 10/6/1954. She died in 1958.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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