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Andrew James SMITH

Regimental number1934
Place of birthDimboola, Victoria
ReligionCongregational
OccupationHorse driver
AddressMilitary Road, Semaphore, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs Nellie Smith, Military Road, Semaphore, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 2.5 years in F Company, Scottish Volunteers, Western Australia.
Enlistment date25 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialWulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 30), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Dimboola Cemetery, Victoria.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 11 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 15 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 21 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples, 29 July 1916 (measles); marched into 5th Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, from hospital, 7 August 1916.

Marched out to unit, 24 August 1916;

Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 11 March 1917 (scabies), and transferred to 5th Division Rest Station (pendiculosis); discharged to duty, 16 March 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 18 March 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 3 April 1917.

Promoted Temporary Corporal, 28 May 1917.

Admitted to 5th Division Rest Station, 5 June 1917 (bronchitis); transferred to 9th Casualty Clearing Station, 13 June 1917; to 10th General Hospital, Rouen, 14 June 1917; to England, 15 June 1917, and admitted to Military Hospital, Bethnal Green, London, 16 June 1917; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 27 June 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 9 July 1917.

Marched out to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 25 August 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 12 September 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 2 October 1917.

Appointed Corporal, 22 October 1917.

Killed in action, 7 March 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SMITH Andrew James

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