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SMITH, Ernest Cecil
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4367 |
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Enlisted: | 8 September 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bowden, South Australia, 22 September 1893 |
Home Town: | Kapunda, Light, South Australia |
Schooling: | Balaklava Public School |
Occupation: | Compositor |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 July 1918, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec III. F. 3., Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balaklava District WW1 Roll of Honour, Kapunda District Honour Board, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens WW1 Plaque, Kapunda and District Fallen Soldiers Monument |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 4367, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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7 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 4367, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
7 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 4367, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
28 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 4367, 32nd Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front" |
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