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William LAMB

Regimental number2623
Place of birthNewcastle, New South Wales
SchoolStockton Public School, Newcastle, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMiner
AddressScholey Street, Cessnock, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs Edith Lamb, Vincent Street, Cessnock, New South Wales
Enlistment date19 August 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name35th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/52/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll35th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 311), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
125
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Mary LAMB; husband of Edith LAMB, Vincent Street, Cessnock, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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