Aug 25, 1900
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Born in London, England
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May 17, 1916
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Attested into the 109th Battalion CEF
in Fenelon Falls, Ontario
Ø Number 724290
Ø Next of kin given as John Lamb, father, Fenelon
Falls, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Farmer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Church of England
Ø Posted to “C” Company
On attesting he gave his birth year as 1899, not
his actual birth year of 1900, making him only 15 years of age
In the spring of 1916, the 109th
Battalion moved to Camp Borden near Barrie, Ontario for advanced training
In early July 1916, the battalion
moved to the Barriefield Camp, Kingston, Ontario
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Jul 23, 1916
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Embarked the SS Olympic in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Jul 31, 1916
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Disembarked in Liverpool,
England and proceeded to the Bordon Camp, near Longmoor, Hampshire
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Aug 16, 1916
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The battalion moved to
Bramshott to continue training
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Oct 5, 1916
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Transferred to the 21st
Battalion
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Oct 6, 1916
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Arrived at the CBD (Canadian
Base Depot) in the Rouelles Camp, Havre, France and Taken On Strength of the
21st Battalion
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Oct 22, 1916
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After leaving the base depot,
Private Lamb joined the 21st Battalion resting in Bully Grenay,
France
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Jun 6, 1917
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Posted to the No. 2 CIBD
(Canadian Infantry Base Depot) in Etaples, France after his true age was
discovered
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Jun 11, 1917
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Transferred to the EORD
(Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) in Seaford, England as a minor
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Aug 28, 1917
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Attached to the CDD (Canadian
Discharge Depot) in Buxton pending return to Canada
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Sep 13, 1917
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Embarked the SS Justicia in
Liverpool
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Sep 25, 1917
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia and proceeded to Kingston, Ontario where he was Taken On Strength of
Military District No. 3
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Oct 6, 1917
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Admitted to the Queen’s
Military Hospital in Kingston with a diagnosis that reads Debility
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Nov 15, 1917
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Medical exam in Kingston notes
Ø Patient is underage
Ø Claims to have been
gassed in May 1917 near Vimy Ridge, but there are no hospital record showing
this
Ø Gets short of
breath easily on slight exercise
Ø His disability is
1/20 and decreasing
Ø Recommendation that
he be discharged from service due to age and disability
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Dec 31, 1917
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Discharged from hospital and
the CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Private
Ø Entitled to War
Service Badge Class “A”
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Fenelon Falls, Ontario
Following the end of the war,
the British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at Fenelon Falls,
Ontario
In 1935 Russell Lamb was
reported to be living in Niagara Falls, New York, USA, married with 3
children
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Russell
Lamb is remembered on the Fenelon Falls, Ontario War Memorial
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