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Charles Henry SMITH

Regimental number3892
Place of birthRochford St, Erskineville, New South Wales
SchoolCamperdown Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressRussel Vale, Bellambia, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFriend, Mrs Emily Gilchrist, 24 Yale Street, Petersham, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death19.10
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot IXA, Row K, Grave No. 18), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Alice MAY, 91 George Street, Erskineville, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsUncle killed in action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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