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Ernest Arthur SMITH

Regimental number750
Place of birthGosport, Portsmouth, England
Place of birthHampshire, England
SchoolBoard School, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressChandlers Road, Noble Park, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs May E Smith, Chandlers Road, Noble Park, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Sussex Regiment, also served in Boer War receiving Kings and Queens Medals.
Enlistment date19 February 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name22nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death39
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialRibemont Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row f, Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
97
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary SMITH; husband of May SMITH, 32 Sturt Street, South Kensington, New South Wales. Native of Gosport, England

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