Pte
Lambert David Frederick Elliott

Information about birth

Year of birth:
1890
Place of birth:
Trentham, Victoria, Australia

General information

Last known residence:
Trentham, Victoria, Australia
Profession:
Electric wireman
Religion:
Presbyterian

Army information

Country:
Australia
Force:
Australian Imperial Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
6333
Enlistment date:
16/10/1916
Enlistment place:
Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia, Australia
Units:
 —  Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 22nd Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
03/10/1917
Place of death:
Broodseinde, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
27

Memorial

Distinctions and medals 2

Points of interest 4

#1 Place of birth
#2 Last known residence
#3 Enlistment place
#4 Place of death (approximate)

My story

Lambert David Frederick Elliott was the son of Martha and John Henry Elliott. He was born around 1890 in Trentham, Victoria, Australia. Lambert continued to live at that town and worked as an electrician. In October 1916, he enlisted in the Australian Army and joined the 22nd Battalion (6th Brigade, 2nd Division).

Lambert was killed on 3 October 1917, while preparing for the Battle of Broodseinde, part of the Battle of Passchendaele. His company was occupying a trench near Broodseinde at the time. A group, of which Lambert was a member, was building a dugout in that trench. As Lambert stood on the top of the trench, a high-explosive shell exploded nearby. Lambert was killed instantly.

It is not clear where 27-year-old Lambert was buried, but his body was not recovered or identified after the war. His name is commemorated on the Menin Gate.

Sources 5

22nd Battalion Australian Infantry (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/39/26).
https://www.awm.gov.au/
Sources used
6th Brigade Australian Infantry, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/6/26).
https://www.awm.gov.au/
Sources used
First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, ELLIOTT L D F).
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx
Sources used
McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele: The Day by Day Account (Londen: Arms & Armour Press, 1995), 107.
Sources used
Unit embarkation nominal rolls, 1914-18 War (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM 8).
https://www.awm.gov.au/
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