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Stanley Brown SMITH

Regimental number300
Place of birthBunninyong, Victoria
Place of birthBunniyong, Victoria
SchoolAdelaide Public School, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, Rev A Smith, Burswood, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDied whilst a Prisoner of War 18 April 1917
Place of death or woundingDied as Prisoner of War, Valenciennes.
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialValenxiennes Communal Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave NO. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Archibald and Sarah SMITH, Belmont, Western Australia

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