Leonard Kerry SMILES

SMILES, Leonard Kerry

    Service Number: 909
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 27 May 1894
    Home Town: Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: St Patricks Catholic School, Albury, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Shop Assistant
    Died: Died of wounds, Victoria College Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 2 May 1915, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
    Row E, Grave 88 Headstone inscription reads: Beloved son of Thomas & Bridget M. Smiles of Albury, N.S.W. Commemorated on the entrance gates of St Patrick's Church, Albury, NSW
    Memorials: Albury St. Patrick's Church Memorial Gates, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 909, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 909, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 909, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas and Bridget M. Smiles of Wilson Street, Albury, NSW. Brother of Pearce Smiles who died of wounds on 6 August 1916 while serving with the 4th Pioneer Battalion and Frank Stanley Smiles who died of wounds whilst a prisoner of war on 2 December 1915 having been captured while serving with the 19th Battalion

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served with the cadets and the Militia

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