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LIGHTEN, Albert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6757 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1915, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 15th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Thurrock, Essex, United Kingdom, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys Grave: II. E. 3. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bushy Park H. Jones & Co. Ltd. Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6757, 8th Field Company Engineers, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6757, 8th Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6757, 8th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 3 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 15th Field Company Engineers, TOS in France (fatally wounded later the same day). | |
| 3 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6757, 15th Field Company Engineers, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), No details (working on new dugouts and saps near Fleurbaix). Died of wounds received the next day 4 August 1916. | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6757, 15th Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6757 awm_unit: 15th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-08-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His sons were Albert and George.
He enlisted in Tasmania.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
The Grays and Tilbury Gazette of 4th November 1916 reported that Mrs Lighten’s second son had died of wounds She lived at 33 Flint Street West Thurrock. Her son had settled in Australia 9 years previously and left a widow and three children. Commemorated on the West Thurrock War Memorial along with Samuel Lighten also of West Thurrock. Also on the memorial is Private Ernest Edward Suttling of the 18th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F., another local man who emigrated to Australia.
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