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Frederick Victor SMITH

Regimental number572
Place of birthTumbridge Wells, England
SchoolKing Charles the Martyr, Tumbridge Wells, Kent, England
Age on arrival in Australia14
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressGeraldton, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Fanny Smith, Oakleigh, Kent, England
Enlistment date1 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 February 1916
Place of enlistmentGeraldton, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row D, Grave No. 4A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: alfred and Fannie SMITH, 43 Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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