Sydney Gordon SMITH

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SMITH, Sydney Gordon

Service Number:	3217
Enlisted:	11 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Laidley, Queensland, Australia, 6 April 1898
Home Town:	Laidley, Lockyer Valley, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 51. IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. SMITH OF LAIDLEY
Memorials:	Laidley Memorial Park Gates, Laidley War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3217, 25th Infantry Battalion
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3217, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3217, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Sydney was the son of Arthur George and Louisa Mary Smith, of Laidley, Queensland.

His father 216 Pte Arthur George Smith was an original member of the 42nd Battalion and enlisted at the age of 44. He was returned to Australia, 1 November 1917, basically for being too old. An older half-brother, 5069 Pte Charles Francis Crack M.M., 47th Battalion, returned to Australia, 19 October 1918.

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