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Albert Edward SMITH

Regimental number3227
Place of birthRochester, Victoria
SchoolCurrency Creek State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOrchardist
AddressHillgrove, Freeman's Reach, Windsor, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs L Smith, Hillgrove, Freeman's Reach, Windsor, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 May 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No. 55), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
42
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter SMITH and Eliza COULTER; husband of Lily SMITH, Freemans Reach, Windsor, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5764 Sergeant Walter Charles SMITH, 2nd Bn, killed in action, 5 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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