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David Clement SMITH

Regimental number1187
Place of birthDelegate, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressDelegate, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Smith, Delegate, New South Wales
Enlistment date26 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death27 May 1915
Age at death17.8
Age at death from cemetery records17
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 8), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
34
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Ellen Smith, Delegate, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2230 Pte Thomas SMITH MM, 5th Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 5 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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