Landaman, Albert Edward

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Albert Edmund Allen Landaman, Edward

Service Service Number Number 1494 3260 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 14th September 1917 Gallipoli Leicester Rd, Zillebeke, Ypres,Peninsula Belgium

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Landaman, Albert Edward

SERVICE NO

3260

UNIT

17th Battalion/7th Rienf. / 5th 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 ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Town Hall Sydney

NEXT OF KIN PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Wife;- Barbara Landaman, 26 Mount St., Pyrmont/ ”Lea” 6th Ave. Campsie Parents Charles & Amy ?(Ada) E Landaman 118 Hargrave St. Paddington 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 BURIED MEDALS DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

14 Sept 1917- Killed by Shell Explosion on Leicester Rd. Zillebeke- YpresBelgium In the open on the Menin Rd. past Hell Fire Corner. British War Medal-27583, Victory Medal-27405. Memorial Plaque & Scroll330457 Wife / Child;- Edward Charles Landaman/ 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 REMARKS

NSW Railways & Tramways/ Mother/ Wife/ 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. Lanaman, D.C.M., Of the 5th 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 14th, 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, Sergeant 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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