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Wilfred Stuart SMITH

Regimental number2529
Place of birthPort Wakefield, South Australia
SchoolPort Wakefield Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressPort Wakefield, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs Bertha Esther A Smith, Edward Street, Port Wakefield, South Australia
Enlistment date3 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 21 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No. II), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Alice SMITH, 53 Gloucester Street, Prospect, South Australia. Native of Port Wakefield, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 183 Pte Percival Hall SMITH, 3rd Division Headquarters, returned to Australia, 6 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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