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William SMITH

Regimental number5768
Place of birthMerrylands, New South Wales
SchoolMerrylands Superior Public School, New South Wales
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationLabourer
AddressDelegate, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation42
Next of kinMother, Mrs. C. Spicer, Bombala Street, Cooma, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in Citizen Military Forces, 2nd Infantry, Parramatta, NSW
Enlistment date4 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 August 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 16), Harbonnieeres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
31
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Ellen SMITH, Mayee Street, Bombala, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: Pte Smith no. 3622, 2nd Bn, killed Pozieres 1916; R.H. Smith no. 5477, 36th Bn, returned.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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