Regimental number | 1165 |
Place of birth | Port Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | 47 Gilbert Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 120 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Edward Lund, 47 Gilbert Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 29th Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/46/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 29th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 62), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 115 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edward and Elizabeth LUND, 47 Albert Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 10 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 7 December 1915. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Killed in action, 19 July 1916. Buried at Eaton Hall Cemetery by Reverend James Green, 20 July 1916. Statement, Red Cross File No 1640146 , 1092 Pte A.D. CAMERON, D Company, 29th Bn (patient, 13th Stationary Hospital, Boulogne), 5 December 1916: 'He was a despatch rider and was killed by one of our own bombs. Lt. George was wounded by the same bomb. One needn't say that it was an accident. It occurred some way behind the line on the road, therefore I ould think that Lund would be taken to the cemetery at Fromelles where other of our fellows were buried.' Second statement, 2052 Pte T.C. HILDEBRAND, 29th Bn, 14 Decemer 1916: 'Informant states that on 19th July, 1916, at Fleurbaix between 9 and 10 o'clock p.m. Pte. Lund, engaged as despatch rider, was killed outright by bomb while resting. He was buried next day at Fleurbaix.' Third statement, 1114 Pte W. FARROW, D Company, 29th Bn (patient, No 26 General Hospital, Boulogne), 20 December 1916: 'He was killed on the morning of the 20th July. We had attacked the previous evening. His death was due to a bomb exploding accidentally, Lund being wounded in the stomach. I saw him acrried away. This was the back of our line near a dump.' Fourth statement, 380 Pte F.J. BUCKLAND, A Company, 29th Bn, 15 January 1917: 'He was a Brigade Runner, and was rising his bicycle along the road near Fleurbaix with a message when a shrapnel shell burst over him. I saw his body lying afterwards lying in the ditch by the roadside. The body is buried in Eaton Hall cemetery, near Cellar Farm.' Fifth statement, 1273 Pte D. BAKER, D Company, 29th Bn, 5 February 1917: 'He was killed at Fleurbaix on 16th. July, by accident. Some of the Grenadiers were detonating bombs. One of the bombs went wrong. It was thrown across put of the way of thebombers and Lund was blown up and killed outright. Pte. R. Wakeling, 303, D. Co. buried his body at Fleurbaix.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LUND Horace
Red Cross file 1640146 |