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Joseph Lamb

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Lamb AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 4/511 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 June 1892 AWMM Stockport, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 17 August 1914 AWMM 32 Ann Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Thomas Lamb, 32 Ann Street, Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 4/511 AWMM
  • Military service
    No 2 (?) Engineers, Signals Company 2 years AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 9 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      133 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Lamb, of Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand.

    Attended Kaikorai Primary School, Dunedin

    His great nephew spoke about Lieutenant Lamb at an assembly just before ANZAC Day 2012 at the Kaikorai Primary School in Dunedin. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 June 1916 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM II. B. 31. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Roll of Honour, Kaikorai Primary School, Wright Street, Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

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