LAMPARD, James
| Service Number: | 1136 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Polkemmet, Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | 6 March 1980, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Horsham Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Dooen School No 1782 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1136, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1136, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne | |
| 19 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1136, 8th Light Horse Regiment, James Lampard was discharged for malaria on the 19th of December. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
James Lampard was a soldier, with the regimental number 1136, who enlisted into the army in World War I. His birthplace was in Polkemmet, Victoria. Before enlisting in the army, Lampard was an orchardist in his hometown, Dooen, Victoria, and was registered into the AIF to serve his country in war, leaving behind his family to head over to Egypt. He served in in the 73rd Infantry, Citizen Military Forces and, upon his army enlistment, was still serving in the division. His father was Robert Thomas Lampard of Dooen, Victoria, and his mother was Mrs. R Lampard, who had unfortunately passed away by the time he left. According to newspaper articles in 1915, including obituaries of Lampard’s mother, she had caught meningitis on the way to Melbourne to see her son for the last time.
Lampard enlisted on 29 June 1915 in Australia. His war service required him to travel from Melbourne to serve in Egypt, Palestine, via the HMAT A55 Kyara ship on 20th August 1915. The unit that Lampard served with was the 8th Light Horse Regiment, 8th Reinforcement, who fought in battles such as the Battle of Magdhaba, Romani and The Nek. One of Lampard’s comrades can be found in a photograph, examining a dugout that was bombed with a soldier inside, most likely causing serious damage and lowering their spirits. Even though the war had ended, Lampard and the 8th Light Horse Regiment were tasked with suppressing the Egyptian revolution, despite all the hardships they suffered through. After the events of World War I, the 6th of September 1919 marked Lampard’s return aboard the HT ‘Euripides’ vessel, returning to Australia on the 20th of October. Many war veterans were left with extreme psychological trauma; it would be preposterous to immediately assume that Lampard was not stricken by agonising memories and stress post-war.
Lampard was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on the 19th of December 1919, after a medical examination which claimed that he had malaria. The date Lampard had passed away was 6th March 1980. He was then relocated to the Horsham Cemetery of Victoria – his birthplace – and buried there.