SMITH, Eric Morley
| Service Number: | 3112 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rye, Sussex, England , 2 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Rye Grammar School, Sussex, England |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, near Ypres, Belgium, 26 October 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery INSCRIPTION SON OF J. & E. SMITH SEA VIEW, RYE, SUSSEX "INASMUCH" Grave II. C. 14. , Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3112, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3112, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1892 Smith Eric Morley Rye 2b 1
14th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery-5th Australian Division.
He was 25 and the son of John and Emily Smith, of 1, Sea View Terrace, Rye, Sussex, England.
Emigrated to Australia in 1910 to become a Dairy Farmer in East Dorigo New South Wales.
Age on arrival in Australia 18
Enlistment date 5 July 1915
Place of enlistment Liverpool, New South Wales.
Age at embarkation 23
Unit name 1st Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/18/3
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 October 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 14th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular
Extracts from letters received by his mother from his Comrades on the Field. 'He was the best of pals, a true soldier and a man'-CRH. 'One of the finest fellows I ever knew, always ready to do anyone a kindness'-GS. ' I have worked with Eric for 18mths and shared some rough digouts with him, I never heard a grumble but always ready to turn our direst straits into a joke, and many times cheered other on by making the best of things' -PM.
He is remembered on the Rye War Memorial.
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