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John Jacob SMITH

Regimental number1240
Place of birthClarence Town, New South Wales
SchoolWelshmans Creek Public School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressClarence Town, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinFather, Jacob Smith, Woodbury, Clarence Town, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 2 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 December 1916
Place of death or woundingNorth of France
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row b, Grave No. 2), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jacob and Elizabeth SMITH, Clarenct Town, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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