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LEHMAN, Glen
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 5362,, 5362 |
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Enlisted: | 2 March 1916, Enlisted at Kadina |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | Tunnelling Companies |
Born: | High Seas, San Francisco, California, USA, 6 August 1887 |
Home Town: | Kadina, Copper Coast, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Killed in Action, Cambrai, France, 8 March 1918, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Hermies Hill British Cemetery Plot 1, Row G, Grave 14 Headstone reads: Time changes many things but memory like the ivy clings, |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kadina & District WW1 Roll of Honor, Kadina Town Hall WW1 & WW2 Roll of Honour, Kadina War Memorial Arch |
Service History
World War 1 Service
2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5362,, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Kadina | |
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20 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5362, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
20 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5362, Mining Corps, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5362, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5362, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
8 Mar 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 5362, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5362 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-03-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 20 years
Son of Jacobs and Emily Lehman of Mair Street, Wallaroo, SA; husband of Ruby Olive (nee Elphick) Lehman of Kadina, SA. Father of Veronica Mabel Sarah Lehman, Cora Olice Irene Lehman and Minnie May Lehman
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal