LAMB, James
| Service Numbers: | 2137, 2137A |
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| Enlisted: | 28 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 28 August 1886 |
| Home Town: | Abermain, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Dora Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 8 July 1930, aged 43 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-10NW. 96. |
| Memorials: | Abermain War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2137, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 3 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 2137, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 3 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 2137, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Sydney | |
| 16 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2137A, 5th Pioneer Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically unfit (inguinal hernia) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
94 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 10th July 1930, Private James Lamb, 5th Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-2137A), miner from Abermain Street, Abermain, New South Wales and Dora Creek, N.S.W., father of four (Lena, Ada, Ella, Loraine), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 43. PRESBYTERIAN-10NW. 96.
Born at Lambton, New South Wales on the 28th August 1886 to Samuel Turner, died 3.7.1937, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., age 73, from Dora Creek, N.S.W., and Ellen Lindsay Lamb, died 9.5.1933, Toronto, N.S.W., age 68, from Dora Creek, N.S.W.; husband of Elsie Maud Lamb nee Kelly, married 1914, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., died 23.6.1928, Newcastle, N.S.W., sleeping here, no plaque at gravesite, no funeral or obituary notice located, James enlisted on the 28th March 1916 with the 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A46 Clan MacGillivray on the 3rd May 1916.
Admitted to hospital 14.11.1917 (lumbago), 20.11.1917 (myalgia or muscle pain), 1.12.1917 (rheumatic fever).
Transferred to England 30.11.1917.
Commenced return to Australia 31.1.1918.
James arrived home on the 15th April 1918, being discharged medically unfit (inguinal hernia) on the 16th May 1918.
Mr. Lamb’s name has been inscribed on the Abermain War Memorial and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at James’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html..., as 2137.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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