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Herbert SMITH

Regimental number6418
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
True NameSMITH, Herbert Thomas
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation21.7
Height5' 7.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs H.B. Smith, 71 Mary Street, St Peters, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 October 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Unit name20th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 23 July 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date15 March 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia, 23 July 1918; discharged (medically unfit: wounded, right shoulder), Sydney, 15 March 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death1 October 1952
Age at death57
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Sec. R.C. 4, 570), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, SMITH Herbert

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