| Accession Number | P07997.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of Major (Maj) Malcolm St John Lamb, 3rd Battalion. He is on board HMT ...
Description
Informal portrait of Major (Maj) Malcolm St John Lamb, 3rd Battalion. He is on board HMT Huntsgreen, formerly the German merchant ship SS Derflinger, which was captured in 1914 and used as a hospital ship during the Gallipoli campaign. Maj Lamb, who had served in South Africa during the Boer War, enlisted on 17 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 20 October 1914 with the rank of Captain. He participated in the landing at Gallipoli, and was wounded on 25 April 1915 while leading the foremost company in the attack along Monash Valley at the Bloody Angle. He was evacuated to hospital in Alexandria on 5 May 1915 and then invalided to Australia on 14 August 1915. On 10 February 1916 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and made Commanding Officer of the 34th Battalion, embarking again on 2 May 1916 on HMAT Hororata. He remained Commanding Officer of the battalion until he was declared permanently unfit for general service and returned to Australia. He was discharged from the AIF on 16 September 1918.