Regimental number | 863 |
Place of birth | Newcastle, New South Wales |
School | Hamilton Public School, Newcastle, New South Wales |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Luskintyre, Lochinvar, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 9.25" |
Weight | 145 lbs |
Next of kin | W Lambert, Luskintyre, Lochinvar, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/17/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A51 Chilka on |
Date of embarkation incorrectly listed on Embarkation Roll as 7 June 1915. | |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Trooper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Shell Green Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. I), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 5 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Newton and Blanche LAMBERT, Lochinvar, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Cousins: [1311] Lt Henry Stanley CHAPMAN, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 25 July 1916; 3321 Pte George William SIVYER, 3rd Bn, returned to Australia, 31 January 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Transferredto 6th Light Horse Regiment, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 2 October 1915, and posted to D Squadron. Killed in action, 27 November 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Name recorded incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Claud William LAMBERT. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LAMBERT Claude Wand |