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SMITH, Frederick Douglas

Service Number:	2086
Enlisted:	13 January 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated at VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL Location: Somme, France Number of casualties: 10811 , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stawell War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2086, 5th Infantry Battalion
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2086, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2086, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Jul 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2086, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2086 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-25

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