LAMB, Edgar Melville
| Service Number: | N154727 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Seaham, New South Wales, Australia, 8 March 1915 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Clarence Town, New South Wales, Australia , August 1986, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N154727, 32nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 30 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N154727, 32nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Gunner, N154727 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ted was the second of four children of Thomas Stirling Lamb (born 1888 at Clarence Town in NSW) and Verlie Bruce (born 1890 at Glen Oak in NSW). Thomas was a Contractor when he married Verlie in 1913 at Clarence Town in NSW. They raised their family in the Maitland District in NSW where Thomas was a Porter.
Ted worked as a Farmer at Raymond Terrace in NSW, and was a Labourer in Newcastle when he enlisted in the ACMF in April 1941. He was a Gunner (Service No:N154727) with 32 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps when he was Discharged in September 1945. Brother Cyril William Lamb (Sergeant, Service No:NX13944) and Brother in Law Frederick Russell Dimmock (Corporal, Service No:N157126) also served in WWII.
In September 1945 Ted married Thirza Ann Smith (born 1917 at Raymond Tce, NSW) at Muswellbrook, NSW. Ted and Thirza lived in the Illawarra Region in NSW, where Ted was a Bread Carter before moving to Wyong, NSW in the late 1950s. Ted was an Orchardist before he and Thirza moved to Point Clare near Gosford, NSW, where he worked as a Welder. Ted died at Clarence Town, NSW in 1986 and Thirza died at Gosford in 2006.