LANHAM, David Herbert
| Service Number: | 3823 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3823, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3823, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) shows Christian names as DAVID HERALD - Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au) shows Christian names as DAVID HERBERT. RSL Virtual Wa Memorial Record amended to accord with the official Service Record. RSL Chief Moderator August 2015.
"THE LATE PRIVATE D. H. LANHAM.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Halliday, of Morris-street, Evandale, have been notified that their son-in-law, Private D. H. Lanham, was killed in action in France on August 30. Private Lanham left Melbourne for France on November 23, 1915. He was much liked by all who knew him." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 14 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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