Percy William SMITH

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SMITH, Percy William

Service Number:	8057
Enlisted:	19 October 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Morvern, Tasmania, Australia, 14 March 1884
Home Town:	Ulverstone, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 November 1946, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 1 Service

19 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8057, 1st Infantry Training Battalion
28 Feb 1918:	Involvement Private, 8057, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
28 Feb 1918:	Embarked Private, 8057, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
29 Aug 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8057, 12th Infantry Battalion, embarked England for Tasmania on board HT Medic
30 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 8057, 12th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Percy William Smith (Service No:8057) enlisted in the AIF on 19 October 1917 with 1st Infantry Training Battalion, and was attached to 12th Infantry Battalion when he embarked with his Unit on 28 February 1918 from Melbourne for Liverpool on board HMAT A71 Nestor. Private Smith embarked from England for Tasmania on 29 August 1919 on board HT Medic, and was Discharged on 30 January 1919. Brother Horace also served in WWI.

Percy was born in Morven/Evandale, Tasmania in 1884, eldest of three children of William Smith (b1864 in Breadalbane, Tasmania) and his first wife Lucy Elizabeth Jacobson (b1860 in Launceston, Tasmania). William (a Blacksmith) and Lucy married in 1883 in Launceston, where they settled and raised their family and William was a Blacksmith. Following Lucy's death in 1890, William remarried.

Percy worked as a Blacksmith in Launceston and, in 1913 in Ulvertsone, married Florence Louisa Hampton (b1883 in George Town, Tasmania). Percy and Florence settled in Ulverstone, where they raised their family and Percy worked as a Blacksmith and Labourer. Following his Discharge from the Army in 1919, Percy and Florence moved their family to Melbourne, Victoria in 1921, where Percy worked as a Labourer and Motor Driver. Percy died in 1946 and Florence in 1960.

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