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Harold Franklin SMITH

Regimental number4599
Place of birthDaylesford, Victoria
SchoolSeymour State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressP 0, Harcourt, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Mr D Smith, PO, Harcourt, Victoria
Enlistment date4 October 1915
Place of enlistmentBendigo, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularSacrifice is the test of love and the will to die if need be for the other's safety. (Father)
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death25.2
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row B, Grave NO. 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Emma SMITH, Harcourt Post Office, Victoria. Native of Daylesford, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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