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Edgar SMITH

Regimental number876
Place of birthAlexandria, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolBoys Sydney High School, New South Wales
Other trainingTeacher's College Blackfriars, Sydney, NSW
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchool teacher
Address158 Belmont Street, Alexandria, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Albert J Smith, 158 Belmont Street, Alexandria, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 13 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot V, Row f, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
127
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert and Elizabeth SMITH, 158 Belmont Street, Alexandria, Sydney
Family/military connectionsCousin Sgt Noel Hinckley, DCM 9th Brigade (returned).
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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