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SMALLACOMBE, Gordon Phillip

Service Number:	6896
Enlisted:	16 July 1917, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gumeracha, South Australia, 28 December 1898
Home Town:	Maitland, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1918, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gumeracha Anzac Honor Roll, Maitland St John's Anglican Church Memorial Altar and Plaque, Maitland War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6896, 27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6896, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6896, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
6 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, Taken on strength with 48th
3 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6896, 48th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6896 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-03

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