Walter Edmund SMITH MC

SMITH, Walter Edmund

Service Numbers: 166, NX127347
Enlisted: 12 August 1914
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
Born: Newtown, NSW, 31 March 1896
Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Stanmore and Leichhardt Primary Schools
Occupation: Engineer
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World War 1 Service

12 Aug 1914: Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Corporal, 166, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
19 Aug 1914: Involvement Corporal, 166, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914: Embarked Corporal, 166, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney

World War 2 Service

18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, NX127347
Date unknown: Involvement NX127347

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Walter and Minne SMITH, 'Ilka'  331 Catherine Street, Leichhardt, NSW

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Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165
Date: 24 October 1918