Oswald's parents were Archelaus Lamb and Mary Ann Fyffe

- Archelaus was one of 12 children to James Lamb and Mary Goddard who arrived in New Zealand about 1861 and established 'James Lamb and Son,' Funeral Home in Auckland

- Archelaus married twice
- his 2nd wife was Grace Marion Whitelaw
- Archelaus died on 14th June 1938 in Auckland, age 77

- Archelaus and Mary had 3 children:
Gwendoline Isabel Mary Lamb
- she married Oswald's wife's brother, Eric Smith Badger

Reginald James Lamb
- he married Irene Herriott

Oswald Fyffe Lamb
- he married Kathleen Aldam Smith Badger