Oliver Hambleton SMITH

SMITH, Oliver Hambleton

    Service Number: 5221
    Enlisted: 20 November 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 47th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Urandangie, Queensland, Australia, 5 August 1895
    Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5221, 15th Infantry Battalion
    31 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 5221, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
    31 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 5221, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
    7 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 5221, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5221 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    The son of Oliver James and Elizabeth Adelaide Smith, of Brookdale Station, Burketown, Queensland.

    His younger brother, 740 Pte. Harold Wright Smith 31st Battalion AIF died of wounds in France on 23 January 1917, aged 20.

    Oliver was reported to be buried 750 yards east of Messines, Belgium but his grave could not be located at the end of the war.

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