LAMBERT, Albert Edward
| Service Numbers: | 2156A, 2265 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eden Valley, South Australia, Australia, 1873 |
| Home Town: | Angaston, Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Laborer (engineer) |
| Died: | Australia, 22 March 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) |
| Memorials: | Angaston District WW1 Roll of Honour, Angaston War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2156A, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2156A, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2156A, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2265, 42nd Infantry Battalion |
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Albert Edward Lambert was born in the year of 1873 in Eden Valley, South Australia. He was married to Annie Lambert in Angaston, South Australia. Albert’s religion was Baptist and he was a labourer before he went to war. He was 5’8, had blue eyes and light brown hair. Albert enlisted on the 29th of May 1916 in Adelaide, Australia as a Private. He lied about his age when enlisting, claiming he was 39. He served in World War One for 2 years and 331 days. He was overseas for a total of 2 years 181 days, embarking on the 28/8/16 from Adelaide on the HMAT A68 Anchises.
Albert was initially in the 43rd battalion and then transferred to the 42nd battalion on 11/11/1916. Albert went to war with right side Hemiplegia, which referred to wasting of the muscles on his right leg and thigh and according to army records when he returned they believed “he was no worse than when he enlisted.” Albert was sent to England and arrived in 1916 on the 8th of August. Albert may never actually reached the front: he as sent to France on 25/11/1916 and hospitalised on 5/12/16 with mumps. He rejoined his unit on 15/1/17 and was hospitalised again with scabies on 5/2/17. He never returned to the front, but spent the remainder of the war in hospitals and military camps in England.
Later that year on the 7/11/17 Albert was caught for failing to comply with standing orders and he was forced to forfeit 2 days’ pay, which in total turned into 4 days’ pay. He also was fined 2 days pay for having a dirty mattress 27/4/18.
In January 1919 Albert was sent back to Australia. He arrived in Adelaide on 24/2/19 and was discharged on 24/4/19 as medically unfit.
When Albert left the war environment on the 24/2/19 on the city of York ship. He came back to Adelaide and had four chiildren. According to the death notices in a South Australian newspaper on the 23//3/53 Albert died on the 22/3/53 at the age of 77 years old and is now buried at the AIF cemetery, in West Terrace.
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