LEE, Albert Emanuel
| Service Number: | 1173 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Battersea, Surrey, England, 17 December 1877 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Greenwich Naval School |
| Occupation: | Chauffeur |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 21 September 1917, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXIV Row F Grave 16, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1173, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1173, 4th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1173, 4th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, HMAT Ajana, Sydney | |
| 21 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1173, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Menin Road, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1173 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-09-21 |
R.I.P. Bertie 100 years today
You were mourned by your wife Ethel and her family, your mother Charlotte and your brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews then and your great grandnieces and nephews their families today. Lest we forget.
Submitted 21 September 2017 by Jill Thomas
Biography contributed by Jill Thomas
Albert Emanuel (Bertie) Lee was born in Battersea, England on 17 Dec 1877, the son of Sergeant Thomas Lee (Royal Marine Artillery) and Charlotte Meakin.
His parents emmigrated to Australia with their other children in the late 1880s but Albert did not arrive until 1892 aged 14, he was possibly finishing his schooling in England.
His father Thomas Lee was the mess sergeant at Victoria Barracks, Paddington, NSW.
(The following is a transcript of Albert's father Thomas' obituary)
"MILITARY FUNERAL
A military funeral was accorded the remains of the late Mr. Thomas Lee, of the Victoria Barracks, Paddington, the interment being made at the Waverley Cemetery. The deceased gentleman, who was 63 years of age, was a soldier of many years, and won high esteem. At Liverpool. England, November, 1860, he enlisted with the Royal Marine Artillery, and served in the Imperial Army for 21 years. He also formed one of the Livingstone expedition, which, in the Valorous, went to Africa. Mr. Lee was awarded the long-service and good conduct medal in 1881, and, in May, 1891, he joined the New South Wales Royal Australian Artillery, having, since 1894, filled a responsible position at the Barracks. The funeral took place, on Thursday, the coffin covered by the Union Jack being borne on a gun-carriage. The services at the house and the graveside were conducted by the Rev. G. North-Ash, chaplain of the First Australian light Horse. The Police Band, under Senior-constable Nolan, preceded the guncarriage. The mourners were Messrs. Thomas, Bertie, and Arthur Lee. (sons), and D. McClure (son-in-law). Those present also included Major A. P. Luscombe, D.A.Q.M.G. (president of the officers' mess), Brigadier-General Finn (State Commandant) was represented by Lieutenant Macartney, A.D.C. Lieutenant and hon. Captain S. S. Ryrie, Bandmaster McCarthy, Band-sergeant Letherby, and representatives of the R.A.A. (under Lieutenant Brown), Submarine Miners, and others were also present. Captain R. L. H. B. Jenkins was the processional officer. The firing party consisted of 19 rank and file from No. 4 Company, R.A.A. Wreaths were forwarded by Mrs. Jones, Paddington, florist, for Major-General Sir Edward Hutton and Lady Hutton, Brigadier-General Finn and Mrs. Finn, officers of the headquarters' staff, No. 4 Company, R.A.A., Permanent Army Service Corps, Sergeants' mess, R.A.A., Colonel Stanley and officers, R.A.A., Australian Regt. Field Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel Wells and officers, Captain and Mrs. Christian, Major, and Mrs. Luscombe, Gunners Laurence and Milson, N.C.O's and men No. 4 Company, Captain. and Mrs. Robertson, Captain andf-Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. Hodgkinson, Mr. T. R. Rutherford, Mrs. and Miss Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Noble." - from the Sydney Evening News 23 Jan 1904 (nla.gov.au)
Albert married Ethel Marion Hampshire in 1905, they lived in Arncliff.
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