Landaman, Albert Edward

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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Landaman, Albert Edward Service Number 3260

Killed in Action 14th September 1917 Leicester Rd, Zillebeke, Ypres, Belgium

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NAME Landaman, Albert Edward

SERVICE NO 3260

UNIT 17th Battalion/7

th Rienf. / 5

th Pioneers Battalion

RANK Private/ Cpl from 26.10.16 to 2.3.17/ Sergeant 3.3.17

AGE at Enlistment 26 yrs 7 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Tram Conductor

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 26 Aug 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Town Hall Sydney

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Wife;- Barbara Landaman, 26 Mount St., Pyrmont/ ”Lea” 6

th Ave. Campsie

Parents Charles & Amy ?(Ada) E Landaman 118 Hargrave St. Paddington

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’ 8”. Weight-123lbs. Chest-31-34½”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 23 Dec 1915 Sydney per A29 “Suevic”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED 14 Sept 1917- Killed by Shell Explosion on Leicester Rd. Zillebeke- Ypres- Belgium

BURIED In the open on the Menin Rd. past Hell Fire Corner.

MEDALS British War Medal-27583, Victory Medal-27405. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-330457

DEPENDANTS Wife / Child;- Edward Charles Landaman/

PERSONAL EFFECTS Disc, wallet, photo, cigarette case (silver), book of postcards, pipe lighter, metal watch in celluloid case, 2 diaries, battalion Christmas card, metal match box, box containing Unit colours (2) & military medal ribbons 2, 4 badges, prismatic compass in case, 2 coins, small key/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE NSW Railways & Tramways/ Mother/ Wife/

REMARKS 8 Sept 1916-Armentieres- Awarded Military Medal see London Gazette no 29658 19 Sept 1916./ Com Aust Gazette no 184 13 Dec 1916

Gosford Times 6th October 1916

Amongst those who have recently received the D.C.M. is Lance-Corporal Albert E. Landaman, grandson of Mrs R. Willis, of Narara, and a former Pupil of Narara Public School.

Sydney Morning Herald 29th September 1917 pg. 12

ROLL OF HONOR LANDAMAN-Killed in action, September 14, Sergeant Albert Edward Landaman, M.M., dearly loved son of Mrs Amy Landaman, 118 Hargrave Street, Paddington (late of Newtown).

Gosford Times 11th October 1919

ROLL OF HONOR LANDAMAN-Killed in action in france on September 14, 1917, Sergeant Albert Edward Landman, a grandson of Mrs R Willis, of Narara, and a former pupil of Narara Public School.

Gosford Times 12th September 1918

ROLL OF HONOR LANDAMAN-In loving memory of Sergeant Albert E. Lana-man, D.C.M., Of the 5

th Pioneers, A.I.F., a former pupil of

Narara Public School, who was killed by a German shell while on duty at Ypes, France, on September 14

th, 1917.

Inserted by his loving uncle, T.W.

Sydney Morning Herald 14th September 1918 pg. 11

ON ACTIVE SERVICE LANDAMAN-In loving memory of my dear husband, Ser-geant A.E. Landaman, M.M. killed in action at Ypes, September 14, 1917. LANDAMAN-In loving memory of my dear son, Sergeant A.E. Landaman, M.M. killed in action in Belgium, September 14, 1917.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7376377

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