LAKE, Albert Edward
| Service Number: | WX5482 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Narrogin, Western Australia, 13 May 1916 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 14 December 1966, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5482, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5482, 13 Training Battalion | |
| 16 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5482, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, ex Fremantle per MS10 to Middle East | |
| 8 Mar 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5482, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, ex Middle East per L1 to Fremantle | |
| 12 Sep 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5482, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, ex Townsville per Sea Snipe to Milne Bay | |
| 28 Jan 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5482, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, ex Finschaven per Van Heutz to Townsville | |
| 28 Jan 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5482, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Signaller, WX5482, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Albert Jnr was the eldest of two children of Albert Edward Lake Snr (born 1889 in Essex, England) and Muriel Ida Austin (born 1896 in Wickepin, WA). Albert Snr was a Mercantile Stoker when he immigrated to Western Australia. He was working as a Railway Fireman in Narrogin, WA in 1913 when he married Muriel. They settled in Narrogin, and Albert Snr served in the AIF (Service No:7016) in WWI. They remained at Narrogin until 1929 when they moved to Guidlford at Midland Junction, where Albert Snr was a Locomotive Driver. Albert Snr and Muriel Divorced in 1936.
Albert Jnr was a Labourer in Perth, WA when he married Edwina May Mudge (born 1909 in Wagin, WA) in 1937. Albert Jnr enlisted in the AMF in July 1940, serving as a Private (Service No:WX5482) with 13th Training Battalion before promotion to Signalman with 2/28th Infantry Battalion. He served in the Middle East and New Guinea and was Discharged in January 1945. Albert and Edwina Divorced, and in 1943 Albert remarried Mavis Madeline Mottelin (born 1919 in West Perth, WA) - Mavis was a Machinist.
Albert returned to Perth, WA following his Discharge and worked as a Clerk, Assistant Storeman and Shirt Cutter. He died in 1966 and Mavis in 1970.