LAZARUS, Louis
| Service Number: | 838 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Castlemaine, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 838, Castlemaine, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 838, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 838, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 838, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (right shoulder) | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 838, 7th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
Louis Lazarus was born in Melbourne, the son of Isaac & Johanna Lazarus, of 147 Bridge Street, Bendigo. Louis was a Farm Labourer, and had 6 months previous military service in the Senior Cadets. He was aged 19 years & 6 months when he Enlisted in Castlemaine, Vic., on 19/8/14. At Broadmeadows Camp he was allotted Service no. 838 and appointed to ‘G’ Company, 7th Battalion.
The 7th Battalion left Broadmeadows Camp on 18 October, 1914, and embarked for service overseas on board HMAT ‘Hororata’. Arriving in Egypt the battalion moved into camp at Mena, at the foot of the pyramids. (6/12/14)
In January, 1915, the Australian force was re-organized. In the 7th Battalion ‘G’ and ‘H’ Companies joined to form the new ‘D’ Company. This meant that all the men from Northern Victoria were together in one Company.
The 7th Battalion was part of the force which landed at Anzac Cove on 25th April, 1915. Louis Lazarus was Wounded on the day of the Landing. He received a bullet in his left shoulder, a bullet in his ribs, and a shrapnel wound in his right arm.
In a Letter he wrote: “I was wounded the first day. I was lying down firing at some Turks, when my mate alongside me said, ‘I have stopped one’. On turning my head to look at him I was hit by a rifle bullet in the left shoulder. I lay down on the ground for a while until I saw my chance to get back to the beach. This was about 11 a.m. I threw my rifle and equipment off and crawled through the thick scrub until I was out of sight of the enemy. Taking advantage of all the cover available, I commenced to run, but when about 400 yards from the beach I was hit again with a piece of shrapnel, this time in the right arm, just above the elbow. I got down to the shore alright, about 3 o’clock in the afternoon.” [Bendigo Advertiser June 23, 1915]
Louis Lazarus RTA M.U. 8/10/15
“The First Lot. 7th Battalion. The first men of the Bendigo district to volunteer for service in the First World War.”: Larna Malone
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