on 15 May 2003
Regimental No 1358 Private Henry Spencer Lamb, 5th Victorian (Mounted Rifles) Henry Spencer lamb was born in 1878 in Beaufort, Victoria, the son of James Lamb and Emma Frances (nee Spence). At the time of his enlistment, on 31 Jan 1901, he was living in Ascot Vale, Victoria, working as a labourer. He was Killed in Action at Wagoner's Drift on 30 April 1901. Source: "Essendon and the Boer War, with letters from the veldt, 1899-1902" by Lenore Frost, Essendon, 2002.