LAMB, Edward Allister
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Soliitor |
| Died: | Killed, South Africa, 10 May 1901, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Sydney St. James Anglican Church Memorial Window |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
It will be remembered (says The Sydney Daily Telegraph) that Lieut. E. A. Lamb, a young officer of a recent New South Wales mounted contingent, was killed in his first engagement shortly after landing in South Africa. Recently it has transpired that the Boer commandant in charge of the body of men with which Lamb's party was in conflict was shot, and on his body Lamb's field glasses were found. Capt. Sprigg, a son of the Cape Premier, recovered the glasses, with a view of forwarding them to the relatives of the deceased of ficer. The account received of Lieut. Lamb's death shows that his regiment had come across a commando in force, and after an exchange of shots the Boers retreated precipitately, followed by the Australians. Lieut. Lamb's company pursued three or four miles in advance of the regiment, and was drawn into a cul de sac in the ranges surrounded on all sides by Boers. Lieut. Lamb's horse was shot under him, and just as he jumped on another horse a second shot killed him.
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