Regimental number | 3574 |
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
School | Lower Leigh Road State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Mother, Mrs Ada Harriett, Lamb, Ceres via Geelong, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 3" |
Weight | 125 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, J Lamb, Ceres via Geelong, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Geelong, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 22nd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/39/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 58th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 14), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 166 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Ada LAMB, Ceres, Victoria. Native of Barrabool, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to, and proceeded to 57th from 6th Training Bn, Zeitoun, 23 February 1916; taken on strength of 57th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 23 February 1916. Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916 (diphtheria contact); discharged and rejoined unit, 9 March 1916. Transferred to 58th Bn, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Now, 22 November 1916, reported 'Wounded and Missing, 19 July 1916'. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 1 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Statement, Red Cross File No 1540605, 3634 Pte A. SMITH, 58th Bn, 28 February 1917: 'I think the date should be July 15th. I saw him just after he was killed at Fleurbaix, and carried him down to the Pioneers for burial. He was buried in the cemetery at Fleurbaix ... ' Second statement, 3555 Pte E. HILL, att. 5th Pioneer Bn from 58th Bn, 4 March 1917: 'He was killed in the first wave going over at Fromelles by shrapnel. I saw this and also his dead body. He was buried in the same cemetery as [3531 C.R.] Glew.' Third statement, Pte G. PIKE, 2 April 1917: '[He] was in a charge on the 19th July and there was no news of him until the 8th August. In our Batt. orders of that date he was reported killed in action. His body was found out in No Man's Land and his personal belongings, pay book etc. were taken out of the pockets and sent on to his people and received by them. As far as I can find out, his body was not buried.' Fourth statement, 1972 Pte J.H. LAMB, D Company, 58th Bn, 16 May 1917: 'He was killed by a shell at Fleurbaix out in No Man's Land during the daytime. I was about 20 yards from him at the time. His body was left there as we retired back to our trenches and we never got our dead in.' Fifth statement, 3395 Pte J. McLAUCHLAN, 58th Bn, 27 June 1917: 'Casualty was killed on the 19th July at Fleurbaix. Shot through the chest. I saw the body which was not buried.' Sixth statement, 1972 Pte J.H. LAMB, 58th Bn, 27 July 1917: 'While we were engaged in making [a] communications trench between our front line trench and a German trench which had been previously captured, Pte J.J. Lamb was hit and killed by a shell[.] As we had to retire soon afterwards Pte Lamb was not buried by our men.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LAMB John James
Red Cross file 1540605 |