David Clement SMITH

SMITH, David Clement

    Service Number: 1187
    Enlisted: 26 September 1914, Enlisted at Delegate, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Delegate, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Delegate, Bombala, New South Wales
    Schooling: Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 May 1915
    Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
    Plot 11, Row D, Grave 8 Rev. J. Green officiated Headstone inscription reads:Far from them who loved him in a hero's grave he lies, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1187, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Delegate, NSW
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1187, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1187, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John and Ellen Smith of Delegate, NSW. Brother of Thomas Smith MM who returned to Australia on 5 July 1919 have served with the  5th Machine Gun Battalion

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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