LAMONT, Neil - 459, 5887
From WA Military Digital Library
Original items held by the Army Museum of Western Australia |
Pte Neil Lamont
Conflict | Second Anglo-Boer War World War 1 World War 2 |
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Service Arm | Australian Commonwealth Force Australian Imperial Force Volunteer Defence Corps |
Unit | 8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse 28th Infantry Battalion, 16th reinforcements VDC No.3 Battalion - Swan- Upper Swan Unit |
Service No. | 459, 5887 |
Service Arm | Army |
Date of Birth | 24 Nov 1880 |
Date of Death | 11 July 1972 |
Relatives | Wife - Mabel Gertrude Woodley Son - LAMONT, Leonard Lyndsay Neil - W68755 Son - LAMONT, Clarence William Charles - WX38456 |
Application for enrolment in the Volunteer Defence Corps, 1941.
Second Anglo-Boer War, 1902 - Neil Lamont enlisted in the 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse. The 8th Battalion had a number of squadrons and D Squadron was comprised of men who enlisted in Western Australia. He was a part of Number 3 Troop, who were men who enlisted from the Goldfields District.
The following pages are an extract from Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa.