Edward Kensett SMITH

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SMITH, Edward Kensett

Service Number:	5184
Enlisted:	27 September 1915, Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Canadian Lead, NSW, 7 May 1894
Home Town:	Gulgong, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Camden Grammar School
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 April 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

27 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5184, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Holsworthy, NSW
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5184, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5184, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney
14 Apr 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 5184, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5184 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-14

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

EDWARD KENSETT SMITH was born at Canadian Lead, New South Wales, on 7th May, 1894, the son of the late Mr. E. D. and of Mrs. M. S. A. Smith, and was educated at Canadian Lead Public School and Camden-Campbelltown Grammar School, Narellan. He joined the Bank’s service on 5th May, 1912, at Mudgee, and on 15th August, 1914, was transferred to the Inspector’s Staff, Head Office.

Edward Kensett Smith enlisted on 29th September, 1915, in the 13th Reinforcements of the 3rd Battalion, 1 st Division, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of lancecorporal. He was engaged on active service along the Western Front, mostly in the North of France. On 14th April, 1918, he formed one of a party of three volunteers for special duty, being sent out to locate a number of the enemy who were causing heavy casualties at Strazeele-sur-Meteren, near Hazebrouck. As they approached the hut where the enemy was in ambush they were fired upon and Edward Kensett Smith was killed, his comrades being badly wounded.

Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour

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