Albert Lambert

• Service Number: 1344
• Rank/Calling: Private
• Unit: 39 Infantry Battalion (May 1916)
• Ship Name: HMAT Ascanius
• Ship Number: A11
• Date of Embarkation: 27/05/1916

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• LAMBERT, William Joseph
• LAMBERT, Henry Alfred
• LAMBERT, Frank Arnold
• LAMBERT, Albert

Frank Arnold Lambert

• Age: 17
• Rank: Private [Pte]
• Service Number: 1271
• Unit: 8th Bn Australian Inf
• Service: Army
• Conflict: 1914-1918
• Date of Death: 17 May 1915
• Cause of Death: Died of wounds (spine)
• Cemetery or Memorial Details: EGYPT 6 Chatby War Memorial Cemetery
• Place Of Enlistment: Creswick, VIC
• War Grave Register Notes:

  LAMBERT, Pte. Frank: Arnold, 1271. 8th Bn. Australian Inf. Died of wounds 17th May, 1915. Age 18. Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Lambert. Born at Creswick, Victoria. M. 175.

• Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

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• LAMBERT, William Joseph
• LAMBERT, Henry Alfred
• LAMBERT, Frank Arnold
• LAMBERT, Albert

Henry Alfred Lambert

• Rank: Private [Pte]
• Service Number: 1253
• Unit: 5th Bn Australian Inf
• Service: Army
• Conflict: 1914-1918
• Date of Death: 8 May 1915
• Cemetery or Memorial Details: 4. Helles Memorial, Gallipoli
• Place Of Enlistment: Creswick, VIC
• Native place: Creswick VIC
• War Grave Register Notes:

  LAMBERT, Pte. Henry Alfred, 1253. 5th Bn. Australian Inf. 8th/12th May, 1915. Age 25. Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Lambert. Native of Creswick, Victoria, Australia.

• Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

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• LAMBERT, William Joseph
• LAMBERT, Henry Alfred
• LAMBERT, Frank Arnold
• LAMBERT, Albert

William Joseph Lambert

• Rank: Private [Pte]
• Service Number: 1577
• Unit: 7th Bn
• Service: Army
• Conflict: 1914-1918
• Date of Death: 8 August 1915
• Cause of Death: Killed in action
• Cemetery or Memorial Details: 6. Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
• Place Of Enlistment: Creswick, VIC
• Native place: Creswick VIC
• War Grave Register Notes:

  LAMBERT, Pte. William Joseph, 1577. 7th Bn. Killed in action 8th/9th Aug., 1915. Age 23. Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Lambert. Native of Creswick, Victoria, Australia. 29.

• Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

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• LAMBERT, William Joseph
• LAMBERT, Henry Alfred
• LAMBERT, Frank Arnold
• LAMBERT, Albert

Reason Hugh Seinor

The Cenotaph at the Perth War Memorial, Kings Park, Perth.

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Thomas Curley - additional information

There is more information pertaining Thomas Curley’s court martial (dated 17/4/1916) contained in the file of John Leopold McLeod No.35 (page 18) who was also court martialed at this time.

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Lieutenant Maurice Francis Gustavus Hare. AIF Service No: Lieutenant/3301

This is a tribute to a man and his wider family connections. It illustrates well the depth of connection to country Australia. As well as army service it is appropriate to record some of his history and family background.

Maurice Hare had a very interesting life. He joined the AIF early 1916 and was in the 5th Pioneer Battalion. His occupation was listed as ‘station book keeper indicating time living in the Australian outback.

On his father’s side he came from a long line of Sussex (England) gentry and his mother was a descendant of  WA’s south west pioneering Molloy family. In Sussex the Hares held many important civic positions but Maurice’s branch of  forebears migrated to Western Australia in the mid 1800s. His grandfather, Gustavus Hare was educated in England and Germany and became an officer in the Prussian Army. He applied for and was selected as WA’s Commissioner of Police 1867 to 1871.  Gustavus, between the above two positions, sometime owned a country estate at Galway, Ireland. A son, Captain Frederick Hare and father to Maurice later also was the Commissioner of Police for WA serving from 1900 to 1912. Both Commissioners experienced turbulent times and occupational difficulties.

Maurice Hare sailed overseas in the troopship Berrima going to France. There he was selected for officer training school in England. By early 1918 he graduated as 2nd Lieutenant (later Lieutenant). He returned to France. In August 1918 Maurice was wounded in action on the left leg and went to England for hospitalisation. A period of convalescence followed including time at Letterfrack, Galway Ireland. It was at  least close to, or maybe the same estate occupied earlier by his grandfather Gustavus. Maurice’s sick leave carried him through to war’s end and he was allowed to stay and work in Galway. At his own request and with army approval Maurice took his discharge there being demobilised in August 1919 in London. He later made his own way home to Western Australia.

Like many others returning from the war, Maurice was at a loose end not knowing what he should do. He bought a fishing boat and based himself at Rottnest Island 12 miles out from Fremantle. Here he met Cliff Lynch who was manager of the salt works on the island. Soon the two joined forces using  two  heavy clinker built boats  with  ice boxes to keep the catch fresh. The fish were then sailed into Fremantle for sale. The Lynch family had migrated from Cork, Ireland in the later 1800s lured by the gold rushes. Cliff’s mother’s parents had come from England with her father being engaged as engineer on the new Midland WA private railway. Cliff’ sister Hettie came to Rottnest too and before long she met up with Maurice Hare and later married.
The two men moved the fishing operation to nearby Garden Island where Hetty started a general store catering for locals and holiday makers. She was also a seamstress – millenary and clothes while Cliff’s mother looked after the shop.

Unfortunately one fishing boat was wrecked in a storm. The two families then moved across the bay to Rockingham. Cliff bought the block next door to the writer’s family, built a house and joined the writer’s father in a trucking business. Maurice kept on fishing on his own from Rockingham. He now took the fish by vehicle to Fremantle. The writer’s family often saw Maurice and Hetty when they called in next door.

Both men and Hettie were productive members of the small local community where they stayed for the rest of their lives. They are now resting at East Rockingham Cemetery.

Compiled by
Mervyn Bell Regehr
Mervyn.reger@bigpond.com
May 2013.

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