Regimental number | 1130 |
Place of birth | Auburn, Hawthorn, Victoria |
School | Auburn State School, Victoria |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | 2 Rahmines Street, Auburn, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | J W Lamborn, 268 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | tm Battery Y/2A |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Sailed May 8th 1915 attaced to 23rd Battalion. At evacuation of Gallipoli transferred in France to Y2A Trench Mortar Battery. He was neither sick or wounded up till the date of his death Sept 5th 1917. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Dickebusch, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 27 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | The Huts Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 16), Dickebusch, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 20 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Agnes LAMBORN, 2 Rathmines Grove, Auburn, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother of Corporal L R Lamborn. Cousin of Capt Eric Kerr 3rd Pioneers and Lt Alan Kerr late 24th Battalion. Both were killed in action. |