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George Aston SMITH

Regimental number7378
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolBoys High School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLand surveyor
AddressArmidale, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, George Alexander Smith, 'Kirkeston', Ranger's Avenue, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name7th Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/26/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Company Engineers
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularNephew of Dr W G Aston, CMG, D.Lit, author of works on Japanese Literature and Grammars, etc.
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1916
Place of death or woundingHill 60 (buried Dickiebusch, Ypres, Belgium)
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialDickebusch New Military Cemetery (Row L, Grave No. 20), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and margaret SMITH

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