Ernest Arthur SMITH

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Service Number:	5953
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Springhurst, Victoria, Australia, 11 April 1894
Home Town:	Rowsley, Moorabool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Springhurst School Great War Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5953, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5953, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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