LAMPLUGH, Welby Jackson
| Service Number: | 274 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cambridge, New Zealand , 28 December 1879 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St James Grammar School, Melbourne |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 274, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 274, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Welby Jackson LAMPLUGH was born on 28th December, 1879 in Cambridge, New Zealand
His parents were Harry Welby LAMPLUGH & Ellen Jane DONNELLY
He spent 6 months with the Johannesburg Rifles in the Boer War and also served with the Royal Navy (SN SS100432) prior to enlisting in Melbourne on 25th August, 1914
Welby was Killed in Action in Belgium on 4th October, 1917
His brother Charles Francis Xavier LAMPLUGH (SN7515) died from Heart Failure on 12th March, 1918 and another brother Frederick Flint LAMPLUGH (SN 1066) Lieutenant also served in WW1 and returned to Australia on 21st July, 1917
Biography
"Private W. J. Lamplugh (wounded) is a son of Mrs. E. J. Lamplugh, Garden-street, South Yarra, and the late Harry Welby Lamplugh, auctioneer, of Collins-street, Melbourne. He is 34 years of age, and is a brother of Staff Sergeant-Major Lamplugh, Defence department, Melbourne. He served with his two brothers in the South African war, for which he received a medal and four bars. He has two brothers at present on active service." - from the Melbourne Age 10 Jun 1915 (nla.gov.au)
"Mrs. E. J. Lamplugh, of 39 Cardigan place, Albert Park, has received word that her second eldest son, Sergeant W. J. Lamplugh, of the 5th Battalion, was killed in action in France on October 4, after three years' service. He enlisted in August, 1914, and is said to have been one of the first twenty to enlist. He also served in the South African war. On two occasions last year he was wounded, once in the hip and on the other occasion in the leg. While on Gallipoli he was mentioned in despatches on two occasions for bravery in the field. Sergeant Lamplugh's twin brother, together with Sergeant C. E. Lamplugh, another brother, is on active service; while Lieutenant F. F. Lamplugh has just returned to Auistralia after having been three years at the front." - from the Emerald Hill Record 08 Dec 1917 (nla.gov.au)
"LAMPLUGH.— In loving memory of Sergeant Welby Jackson, killed in action, 4th October, 1917, loving brother of Lilly.
A man not of words, but of action, One of God's bravest and best; He died an Australian hero, Fighting for freedom and rest. -Inserted by his affectionate sister, Lilly, and brother-in-law.
LAMPLUGH.— In loving memory of my dearly loved son, Sergeant Welby Jackson, killed in action in Belgium, 4th October, 1917, brother of Sergeant Charles Lamplugh, died on service in France on 12th March. Brothers united. An Anzac hero.
God is kind, he gives me strength To bear my heavy cross; He is the only one who knows My loneliness and loss. — Inserted by his loving mother and brother, Lieut. F. F. Lamplugh (returned)." - from the Melbourne Age 04 Oct 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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