Albert LIGHTEN

LIGHTEN, Albert

Service Number: 6757
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 15th Field Company Engineers
Born: Thurrock, Essex, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of wounds, France, 4 August 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys
Grave: II. E. 3., Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bushy Park H. Jones & Co. Ltd. Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

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
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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Biography 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.