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SMITH, David
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2419 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia , July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Panel 25 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Echuca War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2419, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2419, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Anthony Ralston
David was born in July 1894 in Echuca, Victoria, Australia. The son of John and Mary, Jane Smith. He was a Labour by trade, David volunteered for the AIF on 8 May 1916. Also in that same year he married Elizabeth Mary Campbell on 7 October 1916 in West Wallsend, New South Wales. He embarked shortly after. David was KIA on 21 July 1917 in Belgium at the age of 23, he left a wife and daughter. There is no known grave for him but his name appears on the Menin Gate Memorial Ypres Belgium.
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