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George Coleraine SMITH

Regimental number1142
Place of birthColeraine, Victoria
Place of birthHamilton, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationStoreman
Address161 Stewart Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinWife, Mrs Violet Smith, 161 Stewart Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Previous military serviceRANR
Enlistment date1 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of Broncho Pneumonia.
FateDied of disease 30 October 1918
Place of death or woundingAbbeville, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row K, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and rose SMITH; husband of Violet SMITH, 46 Moreland Road, East Brunswick, Victoria. Native of Coleraine
Family/military connectionsBrother Pte C S Smith 37th Batt killed 4/10/17.

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