LEMKE, Albert Walter
| Service Number: | 610 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Phyra, New South Wales, Australia , 1881 |
| Home Town: | Fairfield Park, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds bullet wound to the chest, At sea off Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 26 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 610, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 610, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 610, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Jessie Barbara Lemke of Dundas Street, Fairfield, Victoria; father of Irene Isabel Nichols (nee Lemke), Albert Walter Lemke, Jessie Lemke, Mary Margaret Lemke and Harold James Lemke
Private Lemke, of E company, 6th Battalion, who died from wounds on 10th May, was for two years a member of the Citizen Forces. He enlisted with the First Expeditionary Force. Born in Bunaloo, N.S.W., he was the second son of Mr. Charles Lemke, of Mathoura. He leaves a widow and five children, who live at Dundas-atreet, Fairfield. Before enlisting he was employed at Glen Iris Brick Co., Thornbury.
Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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