William Jeffries SMITH

SMITH, William Jeffries

    Service Number: 715
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Not yet discovered
    Home Town: Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
    Grave Reference:II. A. 55. INSCRIPTION FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING, LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING , Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merbein Memorial Gates, Mildura Cenotaph
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 715, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 715, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
    7 Aug 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 715, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 715 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-08-07

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 28 and the son of William Jackson Smith and Catherine Smith of 11, Albert Rd., Walthamstow, London, England. His mother passed away just weeks after he was killed.

    He is remembered on the family grave at Chingford Mount Cemetery, London E.4.

    The inscription on his war grave reads:

    FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING, LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING

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