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Stewart Irvine SMITH

Regimental number594
Place of birthCootamundra, New South Wales
SchoolEsperance Bay State School, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
Address14 George Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMrs E J Smith, 114 George Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', third Supplement, No.29522 (27 March 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 79 (6 July 1916).

FateKilled in Action 15 August 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Irvine spelt Irwin
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNorfolk(?) Becourt Cemetery, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
154
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Ellen SMITH Leederville, Western Australia. Native of Cootamundra, New South Wales

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