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SMITH, Walter Edmund
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 166, NX127347 |
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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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Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Corporal, 166, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force | |
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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 | |
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Date unknown: | Involvement NX127347 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Walter and Minne SMITH, 'Ilka' 331 Catherine Street, Leichhardt, NSW
Military Cross
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165
Date: 24 October 1918