James McPherson SMITH

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SMITH, James McPherson

Service Numbers:	3456, 3456A
Enlisted:	9 July 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hotspur, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Hotspur, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 8 February 1917
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 21. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

9 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3456
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3456, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3456, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Adelaide
8 Feb 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 3456A, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3456A awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-08

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

James was the son of John and Catherine Smith, of Hotspur, Victoria. He left Australia with the 8th Battalion but was taken on strength of the 6th Battalion when he arrived in Egypt during early 1916.

He survived the very heavy fighting at Pozieres and was promoted to Corporal after the battle. He was wounded in action on 6 February 1917, shrapnel, left thigh and he died of his wounds in the 45th Casualty Clearing Station two days later.

His much older brother, 2477 Trooper Duncan Smith, 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, died of pneumonia in Syria on 18 October 1918, aged 40.

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