William Andrew (Willie) SMITH

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Service Number:	566
Enlisted:	24 January 1916
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Pirie, 21 January 1893
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917, aged 24 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

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 566, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 566, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 566, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 566 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-31

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