Lambert Victor GADD

GADD, Lambert Victor

Service Number: 3654
Enlisted: 27 September 1915, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Richmond, Tasmania, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation: Horse Driver
Died: Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart All Saints Church Honour Roll, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

27 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3654, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
5 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 3654, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 3654, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
27 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3654, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
5 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3654, 26th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

On 28 September 1916, Pte Lambert Victor Gadd was tried by FGCM and found guilty of striking his superior officer. He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour. His sentence was subsequently suspended by CO 7th Bde on 2 October 1916.