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Errol Bathurst SMITH

Regimental number3716
Place of birthCarcoar, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
AddressCooma, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary B Smith, 'Graceville', Lord's Place, North Orange, New South Wales
Enlistment date6 August 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 July 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name56th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/73/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 31 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGreat grandson of General Broughton of Sydney, NSW.
FateDied of wounds 4 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers Bretonneux, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 1?), Crouy-Somme-Sur, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
70
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Philip and Mary SMITH, c/o D.V. Life-Smith, Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney Ltd, 58 Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Carcoar, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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