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Reuben SMITH

Regimental number4540
Place of birthPretty Gully, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Pretty Gully, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressToowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinBrother, James Smith, Drake, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 February 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialMartinpuick British Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
106
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Eliza SMITH. Native of Pretty Gully, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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