LAMB, Edward Allister
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Solictor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Africa, 10 May 1901 |
| Cemetery: |
Ottosdal Garden of Remembrance. North-West, South Africa. |
| Memorials: | Sydney St. James Anglican Church 2nd Regiment Mounted Rifles Boer War Memorial Window and Plaque |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
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| 15 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
| 10 May 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Killed in Action. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
It will be remembered (says The Sydney Daily Telegraph) that Lieut. E. A. Lamb, a young officer of a recent New South Wales mounted contingent, was killed in his first engagement shortly after landing in South Africa. Recently it has transpired that the Boer commandant in charge of the body of men with which Lamb's party was in conflict was shot, and on his body Lamb's field glasses were found. Capt. Sprigg, a son of the Cape Premier, recovered the glasses, with a view of forwarding them to the relatives of the deceased of ficer. The account received of Lieut. Lamb's death shows that his regiment had come across a commando in force, and after an exchange of shots the Boers retreated precipitately, followed by the Australians. Lieut. Lamb's company pursued three or four miles in advance of the regiment, and was drawn into a cul de sac in the ranges surrounded on all sides by Boers. Lieut. Lamb's horse was shot under him, and just as he jumped on another horse a second shot killed him.
Biography contributed by Maurice Kissane
Edward Allister Lamb was born in Sydney in 1871. His father too was Sydney born in 1833. John de Villiers Lamb (1833-1900). His mother, Henrietta Octavia Smith (1837-1914), was the daughter of a Pastor.
He had four siblings and was well educated. Plus had strong Christian values. He would have seen his war service as his duty to HM The Queen and Her Empire.
He was a good horsemen as evidenced by his Mounted Service. For when his horse was shot out from under him, he did not remain dismounted. He was shot when he tried to to remount a second riderless horse. (The Sydney Dailey Telegraph).
The Boers however, shot horses to dismount and immoblize Troopers. The horses were large targets. Hence it was easier for Commando mausers to hit horses. This tactic was used against other contigents.
2LT Edward Allister Lamb was KIA in his first action.
Lest We Forget.
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