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William Edward LAMBELL

Regimental number3864
Place of birthBirregurra, Victoria
SchoolBirregurra State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMain Street, Birregurra, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Martha Lambell, Main Street, Birregurra, Victoria
Enlistment date20 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 September 1916
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialRailway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) (Plot VI, Row N, Grave No. 18), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Birregurra Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: William (d. 28 October 1932, aged 73; bu. Birregurra) and Martha (d. 21 August 1946, aged 83; bu. Birregurra) LAMBELL, Birregurra, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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